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Ben-Halim. +Changes since 1.9.9e are recorded by Thomas Dickey. + +20021012 5.3 release for upload to ftp.gnu.org + + modify ifdef's in etip.h.in to allow the etip.h header to compile + with gcc 3.2 (patch by Dimitar Zhekov <jimmy@is-vn.bg>). + + add logic to setupterm() to make it like initscr() and newterm(), + by checking for $NCURSES_TRACE environment variable and enabling + the debug trace in that case. + + modify setupterm() to ensure that it initializes the baudrate, for + applications such as tput (report by Frank Henigman). + + modify definition of bits used for command-line and library debug + traces to avoid overlap, using new definition TRACE_SHIFT to relate + the two. + + document tput's interpretation of parameterized strings according to + whether parameters are given, etc. (discussion with Robert De Bath). + +20021005 pre-release + + correct winnwstr() to account for non-character cells generated when + a double-width character is added (report by Michael Bienia + <michael@vorlon.ping.de>). + + modify _nc_viswbuf2n() to provide better results using wctomb(). + + correct logic in _nc_varargs() which broke tracing of parameters for + formats such as "%.*s". + + correct scale factor in linux-c and linux-c-nc terminfo entries + (report Floyd Davidson). + + change tic -A option to -t, add the same option to infocmp for + consistency. + + correct "%c" implementation in lib_tparm.c, which did not map a null + character to a 128 (cf: 980620) (patch by Frank Henigman + <fjhenigman@mud.cgl.uwaterloo.ca>). + +20020928 pre-release + + modify MKkey_defs.sh to check for POSIX sort -k option, use that if + it is found, to accommodate newer utility which dropped the + compatibility support for +number options (reported by Andrey A + Chernov). + + modify linux terminfo entry to use color palette feature from + linux-c-nc entry (comments by Tomasz Wasiak and Floyd Davidson). + + restore original color definitions in endwin() if init_color() was + used, and resume those colors on the next doupdate() or refresh() + (report by Tomasz Wasiak <tjwasiak@komputom.com.pl>). + + improve debug-traces by modifying MKlib_gen.sh to generate calls + to returnBool() and returnAttr(). + + add/use _nc_visbufn() and _nc_viswbufn() to limit the debug trace + of waddnstr() and similar functions to match the parameters as used. + + add/use _nc_retrace_bool() and _nc_retrace_unsigned(). + + correct type used by _nc_retrace_chtype(). + + add debug traces to some functions in lib_mouse.c + + modify lib_addch.c to handle non-spacing characters. + + correct parameter of RemAttr() in lib_bkgd.c, which caused the c++ + demo's boxes to lose the A_ALTCHARSET flag (broken in 20020629). + + correct width computed in _tracedump(), which did not account for + the attributes (broken in 20010602). + + modify test/tracemunch to replace addresses for windows other than + curscr, newscr and stdscr with window0, window1, etc. + +20020921 pre-release + + redid fix for edit_man.sed path. + + workaround for Cygwin bug which makes subprocess writes to stdout + result in core dump. + + documented getbegx(), etc. + + minor fixes to configure script to use '%' consistently as a sed + delimiter rather than '@'. + > Philippe Blain: + + add check in lib_overlay.c to ensure that the windows to be merged + actually overlap, and in copywin(), limit the area to be touched + to the lines given for the destination window. + +20020914 pre-release + + modified curses.h so that if the wide-character version is installed + overwriting /usr/include/curses.h, and if it relied on libutf8.h, + then applications that use that header for wide-character support + must define HAVE_LIBUTF8_H. + + modify putwin(), getwin() and dupwin() to allow them to operate on + pads (request by Philippe Blain). + + correct attribute-merging in wborder(), broken in 20020216 (report + by Tomasz Wasiak <tjwasiak@grubasek.komputom.com.pl>). + > Philippe Blain: + + corrected pop-counts in tparam_internal() to '!' and '~' cases. + + use sizeof(NCURSES_CH_T) in one place that used sizeof(chtype). + + remove some unused variables from mvcur test-driver. + +20020907 pre-release + + change configure script to allow install of widec-character + (ncursesw) headers to overwrite normal (ncurses) headers, since the + latter is a compatible subset of the former. + + fix path of edit_man.sed in configure script, needed to regenerate + html manpages on Debian. + + fix mismatched enums in vsscanf.c, which caused warning on Solaris. + + update README.emx to reflect current patch used for autoconf. + + change web- and ftp-site to invisible-island.net + > Philippe Blain: + + change case for 'P' in tparam_internal() to indicate that it pops + a variable from the stack. + + correct sense of precision and width in parse_format(), to avoid + confusion. + + modify lib_tparm.c, absorb really_get_space() into get_space(). + + modify getwin() and dupwin() to copy the _notimeout, _idlok and + _idcok window fields. + + better fix for _nc_set_type(), using typeMalloc(). + +20020901 pre-release + + change minor version to 3, i.e., ncurses 5.3 + + update config.guess, config.sub + + retest build with each configure option; minor ifdef fixes. + + make keyname() return a null pointer rather than "UNKNOWN STRING" to + match XSI. + + modify handling of wide line-drawing character functions to use the + normal line-drawing characters when not in UTF-8 locale. + + add check/fix to comp_parse.c to suppress warning about missing acsc + string. This happens in configurations where raw termcap information + is processed; tic already does this and other checks. + + modify tic's check for ich/ich1 versus rmir/smir to only warn about + ich1, to match xterm patch #70 notes. + + moved information for ripped-off lines into SCREEN struct to allow + use in resizeterm(). + + add experimental wgetch_events(), ifdef'd with NCURSES_WGETCH_EVENTS + (adapted from patch by Ilya Zakharevich - see ncurses/README.IZ). + + amend check in kgetch() from 20020824 to look only for function-keys, + otherwise escape sequences are not resolved properly. + > Philippe Blain: + + removed redundant assignment to SP->_checkfd from newterm(). + + check return-value of setupterm() in restartterm(). + + use sizeof(NCURSES_CH_T) in a few places that used sizeof(chtype). + + prevent dupwin() from duplicating a pad. + + prevent putwin() from writing a pad. + + use typeRealloc() or typeMalloc() in preference to direct calls on + _nc_doalloc(). + +20020824 + + add a check in kgetch() for cooked characters in the fifo to avoid + calling fifo_push() when a KEY_RESIZE is available (report/analysis + by Sam Varshavchik <mrsam@courier-mta.com>). + + fix an overlooked case for bugzilla #68199 (Philippe Blain). + + ensure clearerr() is called before using ferror() e.g., in + lib_screen.c (report by Philippe Blain). + +20020817 + + modify lib_screen.c and lib_newwin.c to maintain the SCREEN-specific + pointers for curscr/stdscr/newscr when scr_save() and scr_restore() + modify the global curscr/stdscr/newscr variables. Fixes Redhat + bugzilla #68199 dated 2002-07-07. + + add checks for null pointer in calls to tparm() and tgoto() based on + FreeBSD bug report. If ncurses were built with termcap support, and + the first call to tgoto() were a zero-length string, the result would + be a null pointer, which was not handled properly. + + correct a typo in terminfo.head, which gave the octal code for colon + rather than comma. + + remove the "tic -u" option from 20020810, since it did not account + for nested "tc=" clauses, and when that was addressed, was still + unsatisfactory. + +20020810 + + add tic -A option to suppress capabilities which are commented out + when translating to termcap. + + add tic -u option to provide older behavior of "tc=" clauses. + + modified tic to expand all but the final "tc=" clause in a termcap + entry, to accommodate termcap libraries which do not handle multiple + tc clauses. + + correct typo in curs_inopts.3x regarding CS8/CS7 usage (report by + Philippe Blain). + + remove a couple of redundant uses of A_ATTRIBUTES in expressions + using AttrOf(), which already incorporates that mask (report by + Philippe Blain). + + document TABSIZE variable. + + add NCURSES_ASSUMED_COLORS environment variable, to allow users to + override compiled-in default black-on-white assumption used in + assume_default_colors(). + + correct an off-by-one comparison against max_colors in COLORFGBG + logic. + + correct a use of uninitialized memory found by valgrind (reported by + Olaf Buddenhagen <olafBuddenhagen@web.de>). + + modified wresize() to ensure that a failed realloc will not corrupt + the window structure, and to make subwindows fit within the resized + window (completes Debian #87678, #101699) + +20020803 + + fix an off-by-one in lib_pad.c check for limits of pad (patch by + Philippe Blain). + + revise logic for BeOS in lib_twait.c altered in 20011013 to restore + logic used by lib_getch.c's support for GPM or EMX mouse (report by + Philippe Blain) + + remove NCURSES_CONST from several prototypes in curses.wide, to make + the --enable-const --enable-widec configure options to work together + (report by George Goffe <grgoffe@yahoo.com>). + +20020727 + + finish no-leak checking in cardfile.c, using this for testing changes + to resizeterm(). + + simplify _nc_freeall() using delscreen(). + +20020720 + + check error-return from _nc_set_tty_mode() in _nc_initscr() and + reset_prog_mode() (report/patch by Philippe Blain). + + regenerate configure using patch for autoconf 2.52, to address + problem with identifying C++ bool type. + + correct/improve logic to produce an exit status for errors in tput, + which did not exit with an error when told to put a string not in the + current terminfo entry (report by David Gomez <david@pleyades.net>). + + modify configure script AC_OUTPUT() call to work around defect in + autoconf 2.52 which adds an ifdef'd include to the generated + configure definitions. + + remove fstat() check from scr_init(), which also fixes a missing + include for <sys/stat.h> from 20020713 (reported by David Ellement, + fix suggested by Philippe Blain). + + update curs_scanw.3x manpage to note that XSI curses differs from + SVr4 curses: return-values are incompatible. + + correct several prototypes in manpages which used const + inconsistently with the curses.h file, and removed spurious const's + in a few places from curses.h, e.g., for wbkgd() (report by Glenn + Maynard <glenn@zewt.org>). + + change internal type used by tparm() to long, to work with LP64 model. + + modify nc_alloc.h to allow building with g++, for testing. + +20020713 + + add resize-handling to cardfile.c test program. + + altered resizeterm() to avoid having it fail when a child window + cannot be resized because it would be larger than its parent. (More + work must be done on this, but it works well enough to integrate). + + improve a limit-check in lib_refresh.c + + remove check in lib_screen.c relating dumptime to file's modification + times, since that would not necessarily work for remotely mounted + filesystems. + + modify lrtest to simplify debugging changes to resizeterm, e.g., + t/T commands to enable/disable tracing. + + updated status of multibyte support in TO-DO. + + update contact info in source-files (patch by Juergen Pfeifer). + +20020706 + + add Caps.hpux11, as an example. + + modify version_filter(), used to implement -R option for tic and + infocmp, to use computed array offsets based on the Caps.* file which + is actually configured, rather than constants which correspond to + the Caps file. + + reorganized lib_raw.c to avoid updating SP and cur_term state if the + functions fail (reported by Philippe Blain). + + add -Wundef to gcc warnings, adjust a few ifdef's to accommodate gcc. + +20020629 + + correct parameters to setcchar() in ncurses.c (cf: 20020406). + + set locale in most test programs (view.c and ncurses.c were the + only ones). + + add configure option --with-build-cppflags (report by Maksim A + Nikulin <M.A.Nikulin@inp.nsk.su>). + + correct a typo in wide-character logic for lib_bkgnd.c (Philippe + Blain). + + modify lib_wacs.c to not cancel the acsc, smacs, rmacs strings when + in UTF-8 locale. Wide-character functions use Unicode values, while + narrow-character functions use the terminfo data. + + fix a couple of places in Ada95/samples which did not compile with + gnat 3.14 + + modify mkinstalldirs so the DOS-pathname case is locale-independent. + + fix locale problem in MKlib_gen.sh by forcing related variables to + POSIX (C), using same approach as autoconf (set variables only if + they were set before). Update MKterminfo.sh and MKtermsort.sh to + match. + +20020622 + + add charset to generated html. + + add mvterm entry, adapted from a FreeBSD bug-report by Daniel Rudy + <dcrudy@pacbell.net> -TD + + add rxvt-16color, ibm+16color entries -TD + + modify check in --disable-overwrite option so that it is used by + default unless the --prefix/$prefix value is not /usr, in attempt to + work around packagers, e.g., for Sun's freeware, who do not read the + INSTALL notes. + +20020615 + + modify wgetch() to allow returning ungetch'd KEY_RESIZE as a function + key code in get_wch(). + + extended resize-handling in test/ncurses 'a' menu to the entire + stack of windows created with 'w' commands. + + improve $COLORFGBG feature by interpreting an out-of-range color + value as an SGR 39 or 49, for foreground/background respectively. + + correct a typo in configure --enable-colorfgbg option, and move it + to the experimental section (cf: 20011208). + +20020601 + + add logic to dump_entry.c to remove function-key definitions that do + not fit into the 1023-byte limit for generated termcaps. This makes + hds200 fit. + + more improvements to tic's warnings, including logic to ignore + differences between delay values in sgr strings. + + move definition of KEY_RESIZE into MKkeydefs.sh script, to + accommodate Caps.osf1r5 which introduced a conflicting definition. + +20020525 + + add simple resize-handling in test/ncurses.c 'a' menu. + + fixes in keyname() and _tracechar() to handle negative values. + + make tic's warnings about mismatches in sgr strings easier to follow. + + correct tic checks for number of parameters in smgbp and smglp. + + improve scoansi terminfo entry, and add scoansi-new entry -TD + + add pcvt25-color terminfo entry -TD + + add kf13-kf48 strings to cons25w terminfo entry (reported by Stephen + Hurd <deuce@lordlegacy.org> in newsgroup lucky.freebsd.bugs) -TD + + add entrypoint _nc_trace_ttymode(), use this to distinguish the + Ottyb and Nttyb members of terminal (aka cur_term), for tracing. + +20020523 + + correct and simplify logic for lib_pad.c change in 20020518 (reported + by Mike Castle). + +20020518 + + fix lib_pad.c for case of drawing a double-width character which + falls off the left margin of the pad (patch by Kriang Lerdsuwanakij + <lerdsuwa@users.sourceforge.net>) + + modify configure script to work around broken gcc 3.1 "--version" + option, which adds unnecessary trash to the requested information. + + adjust ifdef's in case SIGWINCH is not defined, e.g., with DJGPP + (reported by Ben Decker <deckerben@freenet.de>). + +20020511 + + implement vid_puts(), vid_attr(), term_attrs() based on the narrow- + character versions as well. + + implement erasewchar(), killwchar() based on erasechar() and + killchar(). + + modify erasechar() and killchar() to return ERR if the value was + VDISABLE. + + correct a bug in wresize() in handling subwindows (based on patch by + Roger Gammans <rgammans@computer-surgery.co.uk>, report by Scott Beck + <scott@gossamer-threads.com>). + + improve test/tclock.c by making the second-hand update more often + if gettimeofday() is available. + +20020429 + + workaround for Solaris sed with MKlib_gen.sh (reported by Andy + Tsouladze <andyt@mypoints.com>). + +20020427 + + correct return-value from getcchar(), making it consistent with + Solaris and Tru64. + + reorder loops that generate makefile rules for different models vs + subsets so configure --with-termlib works again. This was broken by + logic added to avoid duplicate rules in changes to accommodate cygwin + dll's (reported by George.R.Goffe@seagate.com). + + update config.guess, config.sub + +20020421 + + modify ifdef's in write_entry.c to allow use of symbolic links on + platforms with no hard links, e.g., BeOS. + + modify a few includes to allow compile with BeOS, which has stdbool.h + with a conflicting definition for 'bool' versus its OS.h definition. + + amend MKlib_gen.sh to work with gawk, which defines 'func' as an + alias for 'function'. + +20020420 + + correct form of prototype for ripoffline(). + + modify MKlib_gen.sh to test that all functions marked as implemented + can be linked. + +20020413 + + add manpages: curs_get_wstr.3x, curs_in_wchstr.3x + + implement wgetn_wstr(). + + implement win_wchnstr(). + + remove redefinition of unget_wch() in lib_gen.c (reported by + Jungshik Shin <jshin@jtan.com>). + +20020406 + + modified several of the test programs to allow them to compile with + vendor curses implementations (Solaris, AIX). + +20020323 + + modified test/configure to allow configuring against ncursesw. + + change WACS_xxx definition to use address, to work like Tru64 curses. + +20020317 + + add 'e' and 'm' toggles to 'a', 'A' tests in ncurses.c to demonstrate + effect of echo/noecho and meta modes. + + add 'A' test to ncurses.c to demonstrate wget_wch() and related + functions. + + add manpage: curs_get_wch.3x + + implement unget_wch(). + + implement wget_wch(). + +20020310 + + regenerated html manpages. + + add manpages: curs_in_wch.3x, curs_ins_wch.3x, curs_ins_wstr.3x + + implement wins_wch(). + + implement win_wch(). + + implement wins_nwstr(), wins_wstr(). + +20020309 + + add manpages: curs_addwstr.3x, curs_winwstr.3x + + implement winnwstr(), winwstr(). + +20020223 + + add manpages: curs_add_wchstr.3x, curs_bkgrnd.3x + + document wunctrl, key_name. + + implement key_name(). + + remove const's in lib_box.c incorrectly leftover after splitting off + lib_box_set.c + + update llib-lncurses, llib-ncursesw, fix configure script related to these. + +20020218 + + remove quotes on "SYNOPSIS" in man/curs_box_set.3x, which resulted + in spurious symlinks on install. + +20020216 + + implement whline_set(), wvline_set(), add manpage curs_border_set. + + add subtest 'b' to 'F' and 'f' in ncurses.c to demonstrate use of + box() and box_set() functions. + + add subtest 'u' to 'F' in ncurses.c, to demonstrate use of addstr() + given UTF-8 string equivalents of WACS_xxx symbols. + + minor fixes to several manpages based on groff -ww output. + + add descriptions of external variables of termcap interface to + the manpage (report by Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>). + > patches by Bernhard Rosenkraenzer: + + correct configure option --with-bool, which was executed as + --with-ospeed. + + add quotes for parameters of --with-bool and --with-ospeed configure + options. + > patch by Sven Verdoolaege (report by Gerhard Haering + <haering_linux@gmx.de>): + + correct typos in definitions of several wide-character macros: + waddwstr, wgetbkgrnd, mvaddwstr, mvwadd_wchnstr, mvwadd_wchnstr, + mvwaddwstr. + + pass $(CPPFLAGS) to MKlib_gen.sh, thereby fixing a missing definition + of _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED, e.g., on Solaris + +20020209 + + implement wide-acs characters for UTF-8 locales. When in UTF-8 + locale, ignore narrow version of acs. Add 'F' test to test/ncurses.c + to demonstrate. + + correct prototype in keybound manpage (noted from a Debian mailing + list item). + +20020202 + + add several cases to the wscanw() example in testcurs.c, showing the + format. + + implement a simple vsscanf() fallback function which uses the %n + conversion to help parse the input data (prompted by discussion with + Albert Chin-A-Young). + + modify mk-1st.awk and test/Makefile.in to add $(LDFLAGS) when making + shared libraries, and to use $(CFLAGS) when linking test programs + (patch by Albert Chin-A-Young). + + add a call to _nc_keypad() in keypad() to accommodate applications + such as nvi, which use curses for output but not for input (fixes + Debian #131263, cf: 20011215). + + add entrypoints to resizeterm.c which provide better control over the + process: is_term_resized() and resize_term(). The latter restores + the original design of resizeterm() before KEY_RESIZE was added in + 970906. Do this to accommodate 20010922 changes to view.c, but allow + for programs with their own sigwinch handler, such as lynx (reported + by Russell Ruby <russ@math.orst.edu>). + +20020127 + + fix a typo in change to mk-1st.awk, which broke the shared-library + makefile rules (reported by Martin Mokrejs). + +20020126 + + update config.guess, config.sub + + finish changes needed to build dll's on cygwin. + + fix a typo in mvwchat() macro (reported by Cy <yam@homerow.net). + +20020119 + + add case in lib_baudrate.c for B921600 (patch by Andrey A Chernov). + + correct missing sed-editing stage in manpage installs which is used + to rename manpages, broken in 20010324 fix for Debian #89939 (Debian + #78866). + + remove -L$(libdir) from linker flags, probably not needed any more + since HPUX is handled properly (reported by NIIBE Yutaka + <gniibe@m17n.org>). + + add configure check for mbstate_t, needed for wide-character + configuration. On some platforms we must include <wchar.h> to + define this (reported by Daniel Jacobowitz). + + incorporate some of the changes needed to build dll's on cygwin. + +20020112a + + workaround for awk did not work with mawk, adjusted shell script. + +20020112 + + add Caps.osf1r5, as an example. + + modify behavior of can_clear_with() so that if an application is + running in a non-bce terminals with default colors enabled, it + returns true, allowing the user to select/paste text without picking + up extraneous trailing blanks (adapted from patch by Daniel + Jacobowitz <dmj+@andrew.cmu.edu>). + + modify generated curses.h to ifdef-out prototypes for extensions if + they are disabled, and to define curses_version() as a string in that + case. This is needed to make the programs such as tic build in that + configuration. + + modified generated headers.sh to remove a gzip'd version of the + target file if it exists, in case non-gzip'd manpages are installed + into a directory where gzip'd ones exist. In that case, the latter + would be found. + + corrected a redundant initialization of signal handlers from 20010922 + changes. + + clarified bug-reporting address in terminfo.src (report by John H + DuBois III <spcecdt@armory.com>). + > several fixes from Robert Joop: + + do not use "-v" option of awk in MKkey_defs.sh because it does not + work with SunOS nawk. + + modify definitions for libutf8 in curses.h to avoid redefinition + warnings for mblen + + quoted references to compiler in shell command in misc/Makefile, in + case it uses multiple tokens. + +20011229 + + restore special case from 20010922 changes to omit SA_RESTART when + setting up SIGWINCH handler, which is needed to allow wgetch() to be + interrupted by that signal. + + update configure macro CF_WITH_PATHLIST, to omit some double quotes + not needed with autoconf 2.52 + + revert configure script to autoconf 2.13 patched with + autoconf-2.13-19990117.patch.gz (or later) + from + ftp://invisible-island.net/autoconf/ + because autoconf 2.52 macro AC_PROG_AWK does not work on HPUX 11.0 + (report by David Ellement <ellement@sdd.hp.com>). This also fixes a + different problem configuring with Mac OS X (reported by Marc Smith + <marc.a.smith@home.com>). + +20011222 + + modify include/edit_cfg.h to eliminate BROKEN_LINKER symbol from + term.h + + move prototype for _nc_vsscanf() into curses.h.in to omit + HAVE_VSSCANF symbol from curses.h, which was dependent upon the + ncurses_cfg.h file which is not installed. + + use ACS_LEN rather than SIZEOF(acs_map) in trace code of lib_acs.c, + to work with broken linker configuration, e.g., cygwin (report by + Robert Joop <rj@rainbow.in-berlin.de>). + + make napms() call _nc_timed_wait() rather than poll() or select(), + to work around broken implementations of these on cygwin. + +20011218 + + drop configure macro CF_WIDEC_SHIFT, since that was rendered obsolete + by Sven Verdoolaege's rewrite of wide-character support. This makes + libncursesw incompatible again, but makes the header files almost the + same as in the narrow-character configuration. + + simplify definitions that combine wide/narrow versions of bkgd, etc., + to eliminate differences between the wide/narrow versions of curses.h + + correct typo in configure macro CF_FUNC_VSSCANF + + correct location of call to _nc_keypad() from 20011215 changes which + prevented keypad() from being disabled (reported by Lars Hecking). + +20011215 + + rewrote ncurses 'a' test to exercise wgetch() and keypad() functions + better, e.g., by adding a 'w' command to create new windows which + may have different keypad() settings. + + corrected logic of keypad() by adding internal screen state to track + whether the terminal's keypad-mode has been set. Use this in + wgetch() to update the keypad-mode according to whether the + associated window's keypad-mode has been set with keypad(). This + corrects a related problem restoring terminal state after handling + SIGTSTP (reported by Mike Castle). + + regenerate configure using patch for autoconf 2.52 + autoconf-2.52-patch.gz + at + ftp://invisible-island.net/autoconf/ + + update config.guess, config.sub from + http://subversions.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/config/config/ + + minor changes to quoting in configure script to allow it to work + with autoconf 2.52 + +20011208 + + modify final checks in lib_setup.c for line and col values, making + them independent. + + modify acs_map[] if configure --broken-linker is specified, to make + it use a function rather than an array (prompted by an incorrect + implementation in cygwin package). + + correct spelling of configure option --enable-colorfgbg, which + happened to work if --with-develop was set (noted in cygwin package + for ncurses). + + modify ifdef for genericerror() to compile with SUNWspro Sun WorkShop + 6 update 1 C++ 5.2 (patch by Sullivan N Beck <sbeck@cise.ufl.edu>). + + add configure checks to see if ncurses' fallback vsscanf() will + compile either of the special cases for FILE structs, and if not, + force it to the case which simply returns an error (report by + Sullivan N Beck <sbeck@cise.ufl.edu> indicates that Solaris 8 with + 64-bits does not allow access to FILE's fields). + + modify ifdef's for c++/cursesw.cc to use the fallback vsscanf() in + the ncurses library if no better substitute for this can be found + in the C++ runtime. + + modify the build to name dynamic libraries according to the + convention used on OS X and Darwin. Rather than something like + libncurses.dylib.5.2, Darwin would name it libncurses. 5.dylib. + There are a few additional minor fixes, such as setting the library + version and compatibility version numbers (patch by Jason Evans + <jevans@apple.com>). + + use 'sh' to run mkinstalldirs, to work around problems with buggy + versions of 'make' on OS/2 (report by John Polterak <jp@eyup.org>). + + correct typo in manpage description of curs_set() (Debian #121548). + + replace the configure script existence-check for mkstemp() by one + that checks if the function works, needed for older glibc and + AmigaOS. + +20011201 + + modify script that generates fallbacks.c to compile a temporary + copy of the terminfo source in case the host does not contain all of + the entries requested for fallbacks (request by Greg Roelofs). + + modify configure script to accommodate systems such as Mac OS X whose + <stdbool.h> header defines a 'bool' type inconsistent with ncurses, + which normally makes 'bool' consistent with C++. Include <stdbool.h> + from curses.h to force consistent usage, define a new type + NCURSES_BOOL and related that to the exported 'bool' as either a + typedef or definition, according to whether <stdbool.h> is present + (based on a bug report for tin 1.5.9 by Aaron Adams <adamsa@mac.com>). + +20011124 + + added/updated terminfo entries for M$ telnet and KDE konsole -TD + +20011117 + + updated/expanded Apple_Terminal and Darwin PowerPC terminfo entries + (Benjamin C W Sittler). + + add putty terminfo entry -TD + + if configuring for wide-curses, define _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED, since + this may not otherwise be defined to make test/view.c compile. + +20011110 + + review/correct several missing/generated items in curses.wide, sorted + the lists to make subsequent diff's easier to track. + +20011103 + + add manual pages for add_wch(), echo_wchar(), getcchar(), + mvadd_wch(), mvwadd_wch(), setcchar(), wadd_wch() and wecho_wchar(). + + implement wecho_wchar() + + modify _tracedump() to handle wide-characters by mapping them to '?' + and control-characters to '.', to make the trace file readable. Also + dynamically allocate the buffer used by _tracedump() for formatting + the results. + + modify T_CALLED/T_RETURN macros to ease balancing call/return lines + in a trace by using curly braces. + + implement _nc_viscbuf(), for tracing cchar_t arrays. + + correct trace-calls in setcchar() and getcchar() functions, which + traced the return values but not the entry to each function. + + correct usage message in test/view.c, which still mentioned -u flag. + +20011027 + + modify configure script to allow building with termcap only, or with + fallbacks only. In this case, we do not build tic and toe. + + add configure --with-termpath option, to override default TERMPATH + value of /etc/termcap:/usr/share/misc/termcap. + + cosmetic change to tack: make menu descriptions agree with menu + titles. + +20011020 + + rewrote limit-checks in wscrl() and associated _nc_scroll_window(), + to ensure that if the parameter of wscrl() is larger than the size of + the scrolling region, then the scrolling region will be cleared + (report by Ben Kohlen <bckohlen@yahoo.com>). + + add trace/varargs.c, using this to trace parameters in lib_printw.c + + implement _tracecchar_t2() and _tracecchar_t(). + + split-out trace/visbuf.c + + correct typo in lib_printw.c changes from 20010922 (report by Mike + Castle). + +20011013 + + modify run_tic.sh to check if the build is a cross-compile. In that + case, do not use the build's tic to install the terminfo database + (report by Rafael Rodriguez Velilla <rrv@tid.es>). + + modify mouse click resolution so that mouseinterval(-1) will disable + it, e.g., to handle touchscreens via a slow connection (request by + Byron Stanoszek <gandalf@winds.org>). + + correct mouseinterval() default value shown in curs_mouse.3x + + remove conflicting definition of mouse_trafo() (reported by Lars + Hecking, using gcc 2.95.3). + +20011001 + + simpler fix for signal_name(), to replace the one overlooked in + 20010929 (reported by Larry Virden). + +20010929 + + add -i option to view.c, to test ncurses' check for non-default + signal handler for SIGINT, etc. + + add cases for shared-libraries on Darwin/OS X (patch by Rob Braun + <bbraun@synack.net>). + + modify tset to restore original I/O modes if an error is encountered. + Also modify to use buffered stderr consistently rather than mixing + with write(). + + change signal_name() function to use if-then-else rather than case + statement, since signal-values aren't really integers (reported by + Larry Virden). + + add limit checks in wredrawln(), fixing a problem where lynx was + repainting a pad which was much larger than the screen. + +20010922 + + fix: PutRange() was counting the second part of a wide character as + part of a run, resulting in a cursor position that was one too far + (patch by Sven Verdoolaege). + + modify resizeterm() to not queue a KEY_RESIZE if there was no + SIGWINCH, thereby separating the two styles of SIGWINCH handling + in test/view.c + + simplified lib_tstp.c, modify it to use SA_RESTART flag for SIGWINCH. + + eliminate several static buffers in the terminfo compiler, using + allocated buffers. + + modify MKkeyname.awk so that keyname() does not store its result into + a static buffer that is overwritten by the next call. + + reorganize the output of infocmp -E and -e options to compile cleanly + with gcc -Wwrite-strings warnings. + + remove redefinition of chgat/wchgat/mvwchgat from curses.wide + +20010915 + + add label to test/view.c, showing the name of the last key or signal + that made the screen repaint, to make it clearer when a sigwinch + does this. + + use ExitProgram() consistently in the test-programs to make it + simpler to test leaks with dmalloc, etc. + + move hashtab static data out of hashmap.c into SCREEN struct. + + make NO_LEAK code compile with revised WINDOWLIST structs. + +20010908 + + modify tgetent() to check if exit_attribute_mode resets the alternate + character set, and if so, attempt to adjust the copy of the termcap + "me" string which it will return to eliminate that part. In + particular, 'screen' would lose track of line-drawing characters + (report by Frederic L W Meunier <0@pervalidus.net>, analysis by + Michael Schroeder). + +20010901 + + specify DOCTYPE in html manpages. + + add missing macros for several "generated" functions: attr_get(), + attr_off(), attr_on(), attr_set(), chgat(), mvchgat(), mvwchgat() and + mouse_trafo(). + + modify view.c to agree with non-experimental status of ncurses' + sigwinch handler: + + change the sense of the -r option, making it default to ncurses' + sigwinch handler. + + add a note explaining what functions are unsafe in a signal + handler. + + add a -c option, to set color display, for testing. + + unset $data variable in MKterminfo.sh script, to address potential + infinite loop if shell malfunction (report by Samuel Mikes + <smikes@cubane.com>, for bash 2.05.0 on a Linux 2.0.36 system). + + change kbs in mach terminfo entries to ^? (Marcus Brinkmann + <Marcus.Brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de>). + + correct logic for COLORFGBG environment variable: if rxvt is compiled + with xpm support, the variable has three fields, making it slightly + incompatible with itself. In either case, the background color is + the last field. + +20010825 + + move calls to def_shell_mode() and def_prog_mode() before loop with + callbacks in lib_set_term.c, since the c++ demo otherwise initialized + the tty modes before saving them (patch by John David Anglin + <dave@hiauly1.hia.nrc.ca>). + + duplicate logic used to initialize trace in newterm(), in initscr() + to avoid confusing trace of initscr(). + + simplify allocation of WINDOW and WINDOWLIST structs by making the + first a part of the second rather than storing a pointer. This saves + a call to malloc for each window (discussion with Philippe Blain). + + remove unused variable 'used_ncv' from lib_vidattr.c (Philippe + Blain). + + modify c++/Makefile.in to accommodate archive programs that are + different for C++ than for C, and add cases for vendor's C++ + compilers on Solaris and IRIX (report by Albert Chin-A-Young). + + correct manpage description of criteria for deciding if the terminal + supports xterm mouse controls. + + add several configure script options to aid with cross-compiling: + --with-build-cc, --with-build-cflags, --with-build-ldflags, and + --with-build-libs (request by Greg Roelofs). + + change criteria for deciding if configure is cross-compiling from + host/build mismatch to host/target mismatch (request by Greg Roelofs + <greg.roelofs@philips.com>). + + correct logic for infocmp -e and -E options which writes the data for + the ext_Names[] array. This is needed if one constructs a fallback + table for a terminfo entry which uses extended termcap names, e.g., + AX in a color xterm. + + fix undefined NCURSES_PATHSEP when configure --disable-database + option is given. + +20010811 + + fix for VALID_BOOLEAN() macro when char is not signed. + + modify 'clean' rule for C++ binding to work with Sun compiler, which + caches additional information in a subdirectory of the objects. + + added llib-ncursesw. + +20010804 + + add Caps.keys example for experimental extended function keys + (adapted from a patch by Ilya Zakharevich). + + correct parameter types of vidputs() and vidattr() to agree with + header files (report by William P Setzer). + + fix typos in several man-pages (patch by William P Setzer). + + remove unneeded ifdef for __GNUG__ in CF_CPP_VSCAN_FUNC configure + macro, which made ncurses C++ binding fail to build with other + C++ compilers such as HPUX 11.x (report by Albert Chin-A-Young). + + workaround for bug in HPUX 11.x C compiler: add a blank after + NCURSES_EXPORT macro in form.h (report by Albert Chin-A-Young) + + ignore blank lines in Caps* files in MKkey_defs.sh script (report by + Albert Chin-A-Young). + + correct definition of key_end in Caps.aix4, which left KEY_END + undefined (report by Albert Chin-A-Young). + + remove a QNX-specific fallback prototype for vsscanf(), which is + obsolete with QNX RTP. + + review/fix some of the T() and TR() macro calls, having noticed that + there was no data for delwin() in a trace of dialog because there was + no returnVoid call for wtimeout(). Also, traces in lib_twait.c are + now selected under TRACE_IEVENT rather than TRACE_CALLS. + +20010728 + + add a _nc_access() check before opening files listed via $TERMPATH. + + using modified man2html, regenerate some of the html manpages to fix + broken HREF's where the link was hyphenated. + +20010721 + + add some limit/pointer checks to -S option of tputs. + + updated/expanded Apple_Terminal and Darwin PowerPC terminfo entries + (Benjamin C W Sittler). + + add a note in curs_termcap.3x regarding a defect in the XSI + description of tgetent (based on a discussion with Urs Jansen + regarding the HPUX 11.x implementation, whose termcap interface is + not compatible with existing termcap programs). + + modify manhtml rule in dist.mk to preserve copyright notice on the + generated files, as well as to address HTML style issues reported by + tidy and weblint. Regenerated/updated corresponding html files. + + comment out use of Protected_Character and related rarely used + attributes in ncurses Ada95 test/demo to compile with wide-character + configuration. + +20010714 + + implement a simple example in C++ demo to test scanw(). + + corrected stdio function used to implement scanw() in cursesw.cc + + correct definition of RemAttr() macro from 20010602 changes, which + caused C++ SillyDemo to not show line-drawing characters. + + modify C++ binding, adding getKey() which can be overridden by user + to substitute functions other than getch() for keyboard processing + of forms and menus (patch by Juergen Pfeifer). + +20010707 + + fix some of the trace calls which needed modification to work with + new wide-character structures. + + modify magic-cookie code in tty_update.c to compile with new + wide-character structures (report by <George.R.Goffe@seagate.com>). + + ensure that _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED is defined in curses.priv.h if + compiling for wide-character configuration. + + make addwnstr() handle non-spacing characters (patch by Sven + Verdoolaege). + +20010630 + + add configure check to define _GNU_SOURCE, needed to prop up glibc + header files. + + split-out include/curses.wide to solve spurious redefinitions caused + by defining _GNU_SOURCE, and move includes for <signal.h> before + <curses.h> to work around misdefinition of ERR in glibc 2.1.3 header + file. + + extended ospeed change to NetBSD and OpenBSD -TD + + modify logic in lib_baudrate.c for ospeed, for FreeBSD to make it + work properly for termcap applications (patch by Andrey A Chernov). + +20010623 + + correct an overlooked CharOf/UChar instance (reports by Eugene Lee + <eugene@anime.net>, Sven Verdoolaege). + + correct unneeded ifdef for wunctrl() (reported by Sven Verdoolaege) + +20010618 + + change overlooked several CharOf/UChar instances. + > several patches from Sven Verdoolaege: + + correct a typo in wunctrl(), which made it appear that botwc() was + needed (no such function: use btowc()). + + reimplement wide-character demo in test/view.c, using new functions. + + implement getcchar(), setcchar(), wadd_wchnstr() and related macros. + + fix a syntax problem with do/if/while in PUTC macro (curses.priv.h). + +20010616 + + add parentheses in macros for malloc in test.priv.h, fixes an + expression in view.c (report by Wolfgang Gutjahr <gutw@knapp.co.at>). + + add Caps.uwin, as an example. + + change the way curses.h is generated, making the list of function + key definitions extracted from the Caps file. + + add #undef's before possible redefinition of ERR and OK in curses.h + + modify logic in tic, toe, tput and tset which checks for basename of + argv[0] to work properly on systems such as OS/2 which have + case-independent filenames and/or program suffixes, e.g., ".ext". + +20010609 + + add a configure check, if --enable-widec is specified, for putwc(), + which may be in libutf8. + + remove some unnecessary text from curs_extend.3x and + default_colors.3x which caused man-db to make incorrect symbolic + links (Debian bug report #99550). + + add configure check if cast for _IO_va_list is needed to compile + C++ vscan code (Debian bug report #97945). + > several patches from Sven Verdoolaege: + + correct code that used non-standard auto-initialization of a struct, + which gcc allows (report by Larry Virden). + + use putwc() in PUTC() macro. + + make addstr() work for the special case where the codeset is + non-stateful (eg. UTF-8), as well as stateful codesets. + +20010603 + + correct loop expression in NEXT_CHAR macro for lib_addstr.c changes + from 20010602 (report by Mike Castle). + +20010602 + + modify mvcur() to avoid emitting newline characters when nonl() mode + is set. Normally this is not a problem since the actual terminal + mode is set to suppress nl/crlf translations, however it is useful to + allow the caller to manipulate the terminal mode to avoid staircasing + effects after spawning a process which writes messages (for lynx + 2.8.4) -TD + > several patches from Sven Verdoolaege <skimo@kotnet.org>: + + remove redundant type-conversion in fifo_push() + + correct definition of addwstr() macro in curses.h.in + + remove _nc_utf8_outch() + + rename most existing uses of CharOf() to UChar(), e.g., where it is + used to prevent sign-extension in ctype macros. + + change some chtype's to attr_t's where the corresponding variables + are used to manipulate attributes. + + UpdateAttr() was applied to both attributes (attr_t) and characters + (chtype). Modify macro and calls to it to make these distinct. + + add CharEq() macro, use in places where wide-character configuration + implementation uses a struct for cchar_t. + + moved struct ldat into curses.priv.h, to hide implementation details. + + change CharOf() macro to use it for masking A_CHARTEXT data from + chtype's. + + add L() macro to curses.priv.h, for long-character literals. + + replace several assignments from struct ldat entries to chtype or + char values with combinations of CharOf() and AttrOf() macros. + + add/use intermediate ChAttrOf() and ChCharOf() macros where we know + we are using chtype data. + + add/use lowlevel attribute manipulation macros AddAttr(), RemAttr() + and SetAttr(). + + add/use SetChar() macro, to change a cchar_t based on a character and + attributes. + + convert most internal use of chtype to NCURSES_CH_T, to simplify use + of cchar_t for wide-character configuration. Similarly, use ARG_CH_T + where a pointer would be more useful. + + add stubs for tracing cchar_t values. + + add/use macro ISBLANK() + + add/use constructors for cchar_t's: NewChar(), NewChar2(). + + add/use macros CHREF(), CHDEREF(), AttrOfD(), CharOfD() to facilitate + passing cchar_t's by address. + + add/use PUTC_DATA, PUTC() macros. + + for wide-character configuration, move the window background data to + the end of the WINDOW struct so that whether _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED + is defined or not, the offsets in the struct will not change. + + modify addch() to work with wide-characters. + + mark several wide-character functions as generated in curses.h.in + + implement wunctrl(), wadd_wch(), wbkgrndset(), wbkgrnd(), + wborder_set() and waddnwstr(). + +20010526 + + add experimental --with-caps=XXX option to customize to similar + terminfo database formats such as AIX 4.x + + add Caps.aix4 as an example. + + modify Caps to add columns for the the KEY_xxx symbols. + + modify configure --with-widec to suppress overwrite of libcurses.so + and curses.h + + add checks to toe.c to avoid being confused by files and directories + where we would expect the reverse, e.g., source-files in the + top-level terminfo levels as is the case for AIX. + +20010519 + + add top-level 'depend' rule for the C sources, assuming that the + makedepend program is available. As a side-effect, this makes + the generated sources, as in "make sources" (prompted by a report + by Mike Castle that "make -j" fails because the resulting parallel + processes race to generate ncurses/names.c). + + modify configure script so that --disable-overwrite option's action + to add a symbolic link for libcurses applies to the static library as + well as the shared library when both are configured (report by Felix + Natter <f.natter@ndh.net>). + + add ELKS terminfo entries (Federico Bianchi + <bianchi@www.arte.unipi.it>) + + add u6 (CSR) to Eterm (Michael Jennings). + +20010512 + + modify test/ncurses.c to work with xterm-256color, which has fewer + color pairs than colors*colors (report by David Ellement + <ellement@sdd.hp.com>). + +20010505 + + corrected screen.xterm-xfree86 entry. + + update comment in Caps regarding IBM (AIX) function-key definitions. + +20010421 + + modify c++/Makefile.in to link with libncurses++w.a when configured + for wide-characters (patch by Sven Verdoolaege). + + add check in _nc_trace_buf() to refrain from freeing a null pointer. + + improve CF_PROG_INSTALL macro using CF_DIRNAME. + + update config.guess, config.sub from autoconf 2.49e (alpha). + +20010414 + + add secondary check in tic.c, similar_sgr() to see if the reason + for mismatch was that the individual capabilities used a time-delay + while sgr did not. Used this to cleanup mismatches, e.g., in vt100, + and remove time-delay from Apple_Terminal entries. + + add Apple_Terminal terminfo entries (Benjamin C W Sittler + <bsittler@iname.com>). + + correct definitions of shifted editing keys for xterm-xfree86 -TD + + fix a bug in test/bs.c from 20010407 (patch by Erik Sigra). + + prevent relative_move() from doing an overwrite if it detects 8-bit + characters when configured for UTF-8 (reported by Sven Verdoolaege + <skimo@kotnet.org>). + +20010407 + + add configure checks for strstream.h vscan function, and similar + stdio-based function which may be used in C++ binding for gcc 3.0 + (reports by George Goffe, Lars Hecking, Mike Castle). + + rewrite parts of configure.in which used changequote(). That feature + is broken in the latest autoconf alphas (e.g., 2.49d). + + add a missing pathname for ncurses_dll.h, needed when building in + a directory outside the source tree (patch by Sven Verdoolaege + <skimo@kotnet.org>). + > fix 2 bugs in test/bs.c (patch by Erik Sigra <sigra@home.se>): + + no ships were ever placed in the last row or in the last column. + This made the game very easy to win, because you never had to waste + any shots there, but the computer did. + + the squares around a sunken ship that belonged to the player were not + displayed as already hit by the computer, like it does for the + player. + +20010331 + + add some examples of customizing screen's terminfo: + screen.xterm-xfree86, screen.xterm-r6, screen.teraterm -TD + + modify screen's terminfo entry to match the khome/kend in screen + 3.09.08 (Debian bug report #92215). + + correct a memory leak in forms library (report by Stefan Vogtner + <stefan@vogtner.de>, patch by Juergen Pfeifer). + +20010324 + + change symbols used to guard against repeated includes to begin + consistently with "NCURSES_" rather than a leading underscore. There + are other symbols defined in the header files which begin with a + leading underscore, but they are part of the legacy interface. + + reorder includes in c++ binding so that rcs identifiers can be + compiled-in. + + add .cc.ii rule to c++ makefile, to get preprocessor output for + debugging. + + correct configure script handling of @keyword@ substitutions when the + --with-manpage-renames option is given (cf: 20000715, fixes Debian + bug #89939). + + report stack underflow/overflow in tparm() when tic -cv option is + given. + + remove spurious "%|" operator from xterm-xfree86 terminfo entry, + (reported by Adam Costello <amc@cs.berkeley.edu>, Debian bug #89222). + +20010310 + + cleanup of newdemo.c, fixing some ambiguous expressions noted by gcc + 2.95.2, and correcting some conflicting color pair initializations. + + add missing copyright notice for cursesw.h + + review, make minor fixes for use of '::' for referring to C-language + interface from C++ binding. + + modify configure check for g++ library slightly to accommodate + nonstandard version number, e.g., <vendor>-2.7 (report by Ronald Ho + <rho@mipos2.intel.com>). + + add configure check for c++ <sstream> header, replace hardcoded + ifdef. + + workaround for pre-release of gcc 3.0 libstdc++, which has dropped + vscan from strstreambuf to follow standard, use wrapper for C vscanf + instead (report by George Goffe <grgoffe@excite.com> and Matt Taggart + <taggart@carmen.fc.hp.com>, fixes Debian . + +20010303 + + modify interface of _nc_get_token() to pass 'silent' parameter to it, + to make quieter loading of /etc/termcap (patch by Todd C Miller). + + correct a few typos in curs_slk.3x and curs_outopts.3x manpages + (patch by Todd C Miller). + +20010224 + + compiler-warning fixes (reported by Nelson Beebe). + +20010210 + + modify screen terminfo entry to use new 3.9.8 feature allowing xterm + mouse controls -TD + +20010203 + + broaden patterns used to match OS/2 EMX in configure script to cover + variant used in newer config.guess/config.sub + + remove changequote() calls from configure script, since this feature + is broken in the autoconf 2.49c alpha, maintainers decline to fix. + + remove macro callPutChar() from tty_update.c, since this is no longer + needed (reported by Philippe Blain). + + add a null-pointer check in tic.c to handle the case when the input + file is really empty. Modify the next_char() function in comp_scan.c + to allow arbitrarily long lines, and incidentally supply a newline to + files that do not end in a newline. These changes improve tic's + recovery from attempts to read binary files, e.g., its output from + the terminfo database (reported by Bernhard Rosenkraenzer). + +20010127 + + revert change to c++/demo.cc from 20001209, which changed definition + of main() apparently to accommodate cygwin linker, but broke the demo + program. + + workaround for broken egcs 2.91.66 which calls member functions + (i.e., lines() and colors() of NCursesWindow before calling its + constructor. Add calls to initialize() in a few constructors which + did not do this already. + + use the GNAT preprocessor to make the necessary switch between TRACE + and NO_TRACE configurations (patch by Juergen Pfeifer). + > patches by Bernhard Rosenkraenzer: + + modify kterm terminfo entry to use SCS sequence to support alternate + character set (it does not work with SI/SO). + + --with-ospeed=something didn't work. configure.in checked for a + $enableval where it should check for $withval. Also, + ncurses/llib-lncurses still had a hardcoded short. + +20010114 + + correction to my merge of Tom Riddle's patch that broke tic in some + conditions (reported by Enoch Wexler <enoch@wexler.co.il>) -TD + +20010113 + + modify view.c to test halfdelay(). Like other tests, this recognizes + the 's' and space commands for stopping/starting polled input, shows + a freerunning clock in the header. If given a parameter to 's', that + makes view.c use halfdelay() with that parameter rather than + nodelay(). + + fix to allow compile with the experimental configure option + --disable-hashmap. + + modify postprocess_termcap() to avoid overwriting key_backspace, + key_left, key_down when processing a non-base entry (report/patch by + Tom Riddle). + + modify _nc_wrap_entry(), adding option to reallocate the string + table, needed in _nc_merge_entry() when merging termcap entries. + (adapted from report/patch by Tom Riddle <ftr@oracom.com>). + + modify a few configure script macros to keep $CFLAGS used only for + compiler options, preprocessor options in $CPPFLAGS. + +20001230 + + correct marker positions in lrtest.c after receiving a sigwinch. + + fix ifdef's in ncurses.c to build against pre-5.2 for testing. + + fixes to tclock for resizing behavior, redundant computation (report + and patch by A M Kuchling <akuchlin@mems-exchange.org>). + +20001216 + + improved scoansi terminfo entry -TD + + modify configure script and makefile in Ada95/src to compile a stub + for the trace functions when ncurses does not provide those. + +20001209 + + add ncurses_dll.h and related definitions to support generating DLL's + with cygwin (adapted from a patch by Charles Wilson + <cwilson@ece.gatech.edu>, changed NCURSES_EXPORT macro to make it + work with 'indent'). + +20001202 + + correct prototypes for some functions in curs_termcap.3x, matching + termcap.h, which matches X/Open. + > patch by Juergen Pfeifer: + + a revised version of the Ada enhancements sent in by "H. + Nanosecond", aka Eugene V Melaragno <aldomel@ix.netcom.com>. This + patch includes + - small fixes to the existing ncurses binding + - addition of some more low-level functions to the binding, including + termcap and terminfo functions + - An Ada implementation of the "ncurses" test application originally + written in C. + +20001125 + + modify logic in lib_setup.c to allow either lines or columns value + from terminfo to be used if the screen size cannot be determined + dynamically rather than requiring both (patch by Ehud Karni + <ehud@unix.simonwiesel.co.il>). + + add check in lib_tgoto.c's is_termcap() function to reject null or + empty strings (reported by Valentin Nechayev <netch@netch.kiev.ua> to + freebsd-bugs). + + add definition from configure script that denotes the path-separator, + which is normally a colon. The path-separator is a semicolon on + OS/2 EMX and similar systems which may use a colon within pathnames. + + alter logic to set default for --disable-overwrite option to set it + to 'yes' if the --prefix/$prefix value is not /usr/local, thereby + accommodating the most common cause of problems: gcc's nonstandard + search rules. Other locations such as /usr/local/ncurses will + default to overwriting (report by Lars Hecking <lhecking@nmrc.ie>). + +20001118 + + modify default for --disable-overwrite configure option to disable + if the --prefix or $prefix value is not /usr. + + add cygwin to systems for which ncurses is installed by default into + /usr rather than /usr/local. + +20001111 + + minor optimization in comp_error.c and lib_termname.c, using + strncat() to replace strncpy() (patch by Solar Designer). + + add a use_terminfo_vars() check for $HOME/.termcap, and check for + geteuid() to use_terminfo_vars() (patch by Solar Designer + <solar@false.com>). + + improved cygwin terminfo entry, based on patch by + <ernie_boyd@yahoo.com>. + + modify _nc_write_entry() to allow for the possibility that linking + aliases on a filesystem that ignores case would not succeed because + the source and destination differ only by case, e.g., NCR260VT300WPP0 + on cygwin (report by Neil Zanella). + + fix a typo in the curs_deleteln.3x man page (patch by Bernhard + Rosenkraenzer <bero@redhat.de>). + +20001104 + + add configure option --with-ospeed to assist packagers in transition + to 5.3 change to ospeed type. + + add/use CharOf() macro to suppress sign-extension of char type on + platforms where this is a problem in ctype macros, e.g., Solaris. + + change trace output to binary format. + + correct a missing quote adjustment in CF_PATH_SYNTAX autoconf + macro, for OS/2 EMX configuration. + + rearrange a few configure macros, moving preprocessor options to + $CPPFLAGS (a now-obsolete version of autoconf did not consistently + use $CPPFLAGS in both the compile and preprocessor checks). + + add a check in relative_move() to guard against buffer overflow in + the overwrite logic. + +20001028 + + add message to configure script showing g++ version. + + resync config.guess, config.sub + + modify lib_delwin.c, making it return ERR if the window did not exist + (suggested by Neil Zanella). + + add cases for FreeBSD 3.1 to tdlint and makellib scripts, used this + to test/review ncurses library. (Would use lclint, but it doesn't + work). + + reorganized knight.c to avoid forward references. Correct screen + updates when backtracking, especially to the first cell. Add F/B/a + commands. + +20001021 5.2 release for upload to ftp.gnu.org + + update generated html files from manpages. + + modify dist.mk to use edit_man.sh to substitute autoconf'd variables + in html manpages. + + fix an uninitialized pointer in read_termcap.c (report by Todd C + Miller, from report/patch by Philip Guenther <guenther@gac.edu>). + + correct help-message and array limit in knight.c (patch by Brian + Raiter <breadbox@muppetlabs.com>). + > patch by Juergen Pfeifer: + + fix to avoid warning by GNAT-3.13p about use of inconsistent casing + for some identifiers defined in the standard package. + + cosmetic change to forms/fty_enum.c + +20001014 + + correct an off-by-one position in test/railroad.c which could cause + wrapping at the right margin. + + test/repair some issues with libtool configuration. Make + --disable-echo force libtool --silent. (Libtool does not work for + OS/2 EMX, works partly for SCO - libtool is still very specific to + gcc). + + change default of --with-manpage-tbl to "no", since for most of the + platforms which do have tbl installed, the system "man" program + understands how to run tbl automatically. + + minor improvement to force_bar() in comp_parse.c (Bernhard + Rosenkraenzer <bero@redhat.de>). + + modify lib_tparm.c to use get_space() before writing terminating + null character, both for consistency as well as to ensure that if + save_char() was called immediately before, that the allocated memory + is enough (patch by Sergei Ivanov). + + add note about termcap ML capability which is duplicated between two + different capabilities: smgl and smglr (reported by Sergei Ivanov + <svivanov@pdmi.ras.ru>). + + correct parameter counts in include/Caps for dclk as well as some + printer-specific capabilities: csnm, defc, scs, scsd, smgtp, smglp. + > patch by Johnny C Lam <lamj@stat.cmu.edu>: + + add support for building with libtool (apparently version 1.3.5, + since old versions do not handle -L../lib), using new configure + option --with-libtool. + + add configure option --with-manpage-tbl, which causes the manpages to + be preprocessed by tbl(1) prior to installation, + + add configure option --without-curses-h, which causes the + installation process to install curses.h as ncurses.h and make + appropriate changes to headers and manpages. + +20001009 + + correct order of options/parameters in run_tic.in invocation of tic, + which did not work with standard getopt() (reported by Ethan + Butterfield <primus@veris.org>). + + correct logic for 'reverse' variable in lib_vidattr.c, which was + setting it true without checking if newmode had A_REVERSE set, e.g., + using $TERM=ansi on OS/2 EMX (see 20000917). + > patch by Todd Miller: + + add a few missing use_terminfo_vars() and fixes up _nc_tgetent(). + Previously, _nc_cgetset() would still get called on cp so the + simplest thing is to set cp to NULL if !use_terminfo_vars(). + + added checks for an empty $HOME environment variable. + > patches by Ilya Zakharevich for OS/2 EMX: + + modify convert_configure.pl to support INSTALL. Change compiler + options in that script to use multithreading, needed for the mouse. + + modify OS/2 mouse support, retrying as a 2-button mouse if code fails + to set up a 3-button mouse. + + improve code for OS/2 mouse support, using _nc_timed_wait() to + replace select() call. + +20001007 + + change type of ospeed variable back to short to match its use in + legacy applications (reported by Andrey A Chernov). + + add case to configure script for --enable-rpath on IRIX (patch by + Albert Chin-A-Young). + + minor fix to position_check() function, to ensure it gets the whole + cursor report before decoding. + + add configure option --disable-assumed-color, to allow pre-5.1 + convention of default colors used for color-pair 0 to be configured + (see assume_default_colors()). + + rename configure option --enable-hashmap --disable-hashmap, and + reorder the configure options, splitting the experimental and + development + + add configure option --disable-root-environ, which tells ncurses to + disregard $TERMINFO and similar environment variables if the current + user is root, or running setuid/setgid (based on discussion with + several people). + + modified misc/run_tic.in to use tic -o, to eliminate dependency on + $TERMINFO variable for installs. + + add table entry for plab_norm to tput, so it passes in strings + for that capability. + + modify parse_format() in lib_tparm.c to ignore precision if it is + longer than 10000 (report by Jouko Pynnonen). + + rewrote limit checks in lib_mvcur.c using new functions + _nc_safe_strcat(), etc. Made other related changes to check lengths + used for strcat/strcpy (report by Jouko Pynnonen + <jouko@solutions.fi>). + +20000930 + + modify several descriptions, including those for setaf, setab, in + include/Caps to indicate that the entries are parameterized. This + information is used to tell which strings are translated when + converting to termcap. Fixes a problem where the generated termcap + would contain a spurious "%p1" for the terminfo "%p1%d". + + modify ld -rpath options (e.g., Linux, and Solaris) to use an + absolute pathname for the build tree's lib directory (prompted by + discussion with Albert Chin-A-Young). + + modify "make install.man" and "make uninstall.man" to include tack's + man-page. + + various fixes for install scripts used to support configure --srcdir + and --with-install-prefix (reported by Matthew Clarke + <Matthew_Clarke@mindlink.bc.ca>). + + make configure script checks on variables $GCC and $GXX consistently + compare against 'yes' rather than test if they are nonnull, since + either may be set to the corresponding name of the C or C++ compiler + (report/patch by Albert Chin-A-Young). + +20000923 + + modify rs2 capability in xterm-r6 and similar where cursor + save/restore bracketed the sequence for resetting video attributes. + The cursor restore would undo that (from a NetBSD bug report by John + Hawkinson <jhawk@MIT.EDU>). + + using parameter check added to tic, corrected 27 typos in + terminfo.src -TD + + modify tic to verify that its inputs are really files, in case + someone tries to read a directory (or /dev/zero). + + add a check for empty buffers returned by fgets() in comp_scan.c + next_char() function, in case tic is run on a non-text file (fixes + a core dump reported by Aaron Campbell <aaron@cs.dal.ca>). + + add to railroad.c some code exercising tgoto(), providing an + alternate form of display if the terminal supports cursor addressing. + + split-out tgoto() again, this time into new file lib_tgoto.c, and + implement a conventional BSD-style tgoto() which is used if the + capability string does not contain terminfo-style padding or + parameters (requested by Andrey A Chernov). + + add check to tic which reports capabilities that do not reference + the expected number of parameters. + + add error checking to infocmp's -v and -m options to ensure that + the option value is indeed a number. + + some cleanup of logic in _nc_signal_handler() to verify if SIGWINCH + handler is setup. Separated the old/new sigaction data for SIGTSTP + from the other signals. + +20000917 + + add S0, E0 extensions to screen's terminfo entry, which is another + way to solve the misconfiguration issue -TD + + completed special case for tgoto from 20000916 + +20000916 + + update xterm terminfo entries to match XFree86 xterm patch #146 -TD + + add Matrix Orbital terminfo entries (from Eric Z Ayers + <eric@ale.org>). + + add special case to lib_tparm.c to allow 'screen' program to use a + termcap-style parameter "%." to tgoto() for switching character sets. + + use LN_S substitution in run_tic.in, to work on OS/2 EMX which has + no symbolic links. + + updated notes in README.emx regarding autoconf patches. + + replace a lookup table in lib_vidattr.c used to decode no_color_video + with a logic expression (suggested by Philippe Blain). + + add a/A toggle to ncurses.c 'b' test, which clears/sets alternate + character set attribute from the displayed text. + + correct inequality in parameter analysis of rewritten lib_tparm.c + which had the effect of ignoring p9 in set_attributes (sgr), breaking + alternate character set (reported by Piotr Majka <charvel@link.pl>). + + correct ifdef'ing for GCC_PRINTF, GCC_SCANF which would not compile + with Sun WorkShop compilers since these tokens were empty (cf: + 20000902, reported by Albert Chin-A-Young). + +20000909 + + correct an uninitialized parameter to open_tempfile() in tic.c which + made "tic -I" give an ambiguous error message about tmpnam. + + add special case in lib_vidattr.c to reset underline and standout for + devices that have no sgr0 defined (patch by Don Lewis + <Don.Lewis@tsc.tdk.com>). Note that this will not work for bold + mode, since there is no exit-bold-mode capability. + + improved patch for Make_Enum_Type (patch by Juergen Pfeifer). + + modify tparm to disallow arithmetic on strings, analyze the varargs + list to read strings as strings and numbers as numbers. + + modify tparm's internal function spop() to treat a null pointer as + an empty string. + + modify tput program so it can be renamed or invoked via a link as + 'reset' or 'init', producing the same effect as 'tput reset' or 'tput + init'. + + add private entrypoint _nc_basename(), use to consolidate related + code in progs, as well as accommodating OS/2 EMX pathnames. + + remove NCURSES_CONST line from edit_cfg.sh to compensate for its + removal (except via AC_SUBST) from configure.in, making + --enable-const work again (reported by Juergen Pfeifer). + + regen'd configure to pick up "hpux*" change from 20000902. + +20000902 + + modify tset.c to check for transformed "reset" program name, if any. + + add a check for null pointer in Make_Enum_Type() (reported by Steven + W Orr <steveo@world.std.com>). + + change functions _nc_parse_entry() and postprocess_termcap() to avoid + using strtok(), because it is non-reentrant (reported by Andrey A + Chernov <ache@nagual.pp.ru>). + + remove "hpux10.*" case from CF_SHARED_OPTS configure script macro. + This differed from the "hpux*" case by using reversed symbolic + links, which made the 5.1 version not match the configuration of + 5.0 shared libraries (reported by Albert Chin-A-Young). + + correct a dependency in Ada95/src/Makefile.in which prevented + building with configure --srcdir (patch by H Nanosecond + <aldomel@ix.netcom.com>). + + modify ifdef's in curses.h.in to avoid warning if GCC_PRINTF or + GCC_SCANF was not previously defined (reported by Pavel Roskin + <proski@gnu.org>). + + add MKncurses_def.sh to generate fallback definitions for + ncurses_cfg.h, to quiet gcc -Wundef warnings, modified ifdef's in + code to consistently use "#if" rather than "#ifdef". + +20000826 + + add QNX qansi entries to terminfo -TD + + add os2 entry to misc/emx.src (<jmcoopr@webmail.bmi.net>). + + add configure option --with-database to allow specifying a different + terminfo source-file to install. On OS/2 EMX, this defaults to + misc/emx.src + + change misc/run_tic.sh to derive it from misc/run_tic.in, to simplify + setting .exe extension on OS/2 EMX. + + add .exe extension in Ada95/gen/Makefile.in, + Ada95/samples/Makefile.in, for OS/2 EMX (reported by + <jmcoopr@webmail.bmi.net>). + + add configure check for filesystems (such as OS/2 EMX) which do not + distinguish between upper/lowercase filenames, use this to fix tags + rules in makefiles. + + initialize fds[] array to 0's in _nc_timed_wait(); apparently poll() + only sets the revents members of that array when there is activity + corresponding to the related file (report by Glenn Cooper + <gcooper@qantas.com.au>, using Purify on Solaris 5.6). + + change configure script to use AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM rather than + AC_CANONICAL_HOST, which means that configure --target will set + a default program-prefix. + + add note on cross-compiling to INSTALL (which does not rely on the + AC_CANONICAL_* macros). + +20000819 + + add cases for EMX OS/2 to config.guess, config.sub + + new version of config.guess, config.sub from lynx 2.8.4dev.7 + + add definitions via transform.h to allow tic and tput to check for + the transformed aliases rather than the original infotocap, etc. + + simplify transform-expressions in progs/Makefile.in, make the + uninstall rule work for transformed program names. + + change symbol used by --install-prefix configure option from + INSTALL_PREFIX to DESTDIR (the latter has become common usage + although the name is misleading). + + modify programs to use curses_version() string to report the version + of ncurses with which they are compiled rather than the + NCURSES_VERSION string. The function returns the patch level in + addition to the major and minor version numbers. + +20000812 + + modify CF_MAN_PAGES configure macro to make transformed program names + a parameter to that macro rather than embedding them in the macro. + + newer config.guess, config.sub (reference version used in lynx + 2.8.4dev.7). + + add configure option --with-default-terminfo-dir=DIR to allow + specifying the default terminfo database directory (request by Albert + Chin-A-Young). + + minor updates for terminfo.src from FreeBSD termcap change-history. + + correct notes in README and INSTALL regarding documentation files + that were moved from misc directory to doc (report by Rich Kulawiec + <rsk@gsp.org>). + + change most remaining unquoted parameters of 'test' in configure + script to use quotes, for instance fixing a problem in the + --disable-database option (reported by Christian Mondrup + <scancm@biobase.dk>). + + minor adjustments to work around some of the incompatibilities/bugs + in autoconf 2.29a alpha. + + add -I/usr/local/include when --with-ncurses option is used in + test/configure script. + + correct logic in adjust_cancels(), which did not check both + alternatives when reclassifying an extended name between boolean, + number and string, causing an infinite loop in tic. + +20000730 + + correct a missing backslash in curses.priv.h + +20000729 + + change handling of non_dest_scroll_region in tty_update.c to clear + text after it is shifted in rather than before shifting out. Also + correct row computation (reported by Ruediger Kuhlmann + <uck4@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>). + + add/use new trace function to display chtype values from winch() and + getbkgd(). + + add trace mask TRACE_ATTRS, alter several existing _tracef calls that + trace attribute changes under TRACE_CALLS to use this. + + modify MKlib_gen.sh so that functions returning chtype will call + returnChar(). + + add returnChar() trace, for functions returning chtype. + + change indent.pro to line up parenthesis. + +20000722 + + fix a heap problem with the c++ binding (report by + <alexander_liberson@ninewest.com>, patch by Juergen Pfeifer). + + minor adjustment to ClrToEOL() to handle an out-of-bounds parameter. + + modify the check for big-core to force a couple of memory accesses, + which may work as needed for older/less-capable machines (if not, + there's still the explicit configure option). + > fixes based on diff's for Amiga and BeOS found at + http://www.mathematik.uni-karlsruhe.de/~kuhlmann/cross/ncurses/ + + alter definition of NCURSES_CONST to make it non-empty. + + add amiga-vnc terminfo entry. + + redefine 'TEXT' in menu.h for AMIGA, since it is reported to have + an (unspecified) symbol conflict. + + replaced case-statement in _nc_tracebits() for CSIZE with a table to + simplify working around implementations that define random + combinations of the related macros to zero. + + modify configure test for tcgetattr() to allow for old + implementations, e.g., on BeOS, which only defined it as a macro. + > patches by Bruno Haible: + + when checking LC_ALL/LC_CTYPE/LANG environment variables for UTF-8 + locale, ignore those which are set to an empty value, as per SUSV2. + + encode 0xFFFD in UTF-8 with 3 bytes, not 2. + + modify _nc_utf8_outch() to avoid sign-extension when checking for + out-of-range value. + +20000715 + + correct manlinks.sed script to avoid using ERE "\+", which is not + understood by older versions of sed (patch by Albert Chin-A-Young). + + implement configure script options that transform installed program + names, e.g., --program-prefix, including the manpage names and cross + references (patch by Albert Chin-A-Young <china@thewrittenword.com>). + + correct several mismatches between manpage filename and ".TH" + directives, renaming dft_fgbg.3x to default_colors.3x and + menu_attribs.3x to menu_attributes.3x (report by Todd C Miller). + + correct missing includes for <string.h> in several places, including + the C++ binding. This is not noted by gcc unless we use the + -fno-builtin option (reported by Igor Schein <igor@txc.com>). + + modified progs/tset.c and tack/sysdep.c to build with sgttyb + interface if neither termio or termios is available. Tested this + with FreeBSD 2.1.5 (which does have termios - but the sgttyb does + work). + +20000708 5.1 release for upload to ftp.gnu.org + + document configure options in INSTALL. + + add man-page for ncurses trace functions. + + correct return value shown in curs_touch.3x for is_linetouched() and + is_wintouched(), in curs_initscr.3x for isendwin(), and in + curs_termattr.3x for has_ic() and has_il(). + + add prototypes for touchline() and touchwin(), adding them to the + list of generated functions. + + modify fifo_push() to put ERR into the fifo just like other values to + return from wgetch(). It was returning without doing that, making + end-of-file condition incorrectly return a 0 (reported by Todd C + Miller). + + uncomment CC_SHARED_OPTS for progs and tack (see 971115), since they + are needed for SCO OpenServer. + + move _nc_disable_period from free_ttype.c to comp_scan.c to appease + dynamic loaders on SCO and IRIX64. + + add "-a" option to test/ncurses.c to invoke assume_default_colors() + for testing. + + correct assignment in assume_default_colors() which tells ncurses + whether to use default colors, or the assumed ones (reported by Gary + Funck <gary@Intrepid.Com>). + + review/correct logic in mk-1st.awk for making symbolic links for + shared libraries, in particular for FreeBSD, etc. + + regenerate misc/*.def files for OS/2 EMX dll's. + + correct quoting of values for CC_SHARED_OPTS in aclocal.m4 for + cases openbsd2*, openbsd*, freebsd* and netbsd* (patch by Peter + Wemm) (err in 20000610). + + minor updates to release notes, as well as adding/updating URLs for + examples cited in announce.html + > several fixes from Philippe Blain <philippe.blain2@freesbee.fr>: + + correct placement of ifdef for NCURSES_XNAMES in function + _nc_free_termtype(), fixes a memory leak. + + add a call to _nc_synchook() to the end of function whline() like + that in wvline() (difference was in 1.9.4). + + make ClearScreen() a little faster by moving two instances of + UpdateAttr() out of for-loops. + + simplify ClrBottom() by eliminating the tstLine data, using for-loops + (cf: 960428). + +20000701 pre-release + + change minor version to 1, i.e., ncurses 5.1 + + add experimental configure option --enable-colorfgbg to check for + $COLORTERM variable as set by rxvt/aterm/Eterm. + + add Eterm terminfo entry (Michael Jennings <mej@valinux.com>). + + modify manlinks.sed to pick aliases from the SYNOPSIS section, and + several manpages so manlinks.sed can find aliases for creating + symbolic links. + + add explanation to run_tic.sh regarding extended terminal + capabilities. + + change message format for edit_cfg.sh, since some people interpret + it as a warning. + + correct unescaped '$' in sysv5uw7*|unix_sv* rule for CF_SHARED_OPTS + configure macro (report by Thanh Ma <Thanh.Ma@casi-rusco.com>). + + correct logic in lib_twait.c as used by lib_mouse.c for GPM mouse + support when poll() is used rather than select() (prompted by + discussion with David Allen <DAllen24@aol.com>). + +20000624 pre-release + + modify TransformLine() to check for cells with different color pairs + that happen to render the same display colors. + + apply $NCURSES_NO_PADDING to cost-computation in mvcur(). + + improve cost computation in PutRange() by accounting for the use + of parm_right_cursor in mvcur(). + + correct cost computation in EmitRange(), which was not using the + normalized value for cursor_address. + + newer config.guess, config.sub (reference version used in TIN 1.5.6). + +20000617 + + update config.guess, config.sub (reference version used in PCRE 3.2). + + resync changes to gnathtml against version 1.22, regenerated html + files under doc/html/ada using this (1.22.1.1). + + regenerated html files under doc/html/man after correcting top and + bottom margin options for man2html in dist.mk + + minor fixes to test programs ncurses 'i' and testcurs program to make + the subwindow's background color cover the subwindow. + + modify configure script so AC_MSG_ERROR is temporarily defined to a + warning in AC_PROG_CXX to make it recover from a missing C++ compiler + without requiring user to add --without-cxx option (from comment by + Akim Demaille <akim@epita.fr> to autoconf mailing list). + + modify headers.sh to avoid creating temporary files in the build + directory when installing headers (reported by Sergei Pokrovsky + <pok@nbsp.nsk.su>) + +20000610 + + regenerated the html files under doc/html/ada/files and + doc/html/ada/funcs with a slightly-improved gnathtml. + + add kmous capability to linux terminfo entry to allow it to use + xterm-style events provided by gpm patch by Joerg Schoen. + + make the configure macro CF_SHARED_OPTS a little smarter by testing + if -fPIC is supported by gcc rather than -fpic. The former option + allows larger symbol tables. + + update config.guess and config.sub (patches by + Kevin Buettner <kev@primenet.com> for elf64_ia64 + Bernd Kuemmerlen <bkuemmer@mevis.de> and MacOS X). + + add warning for 'tic -cv' about use of '^?' in terminfo source, which + is an extension. + +20000527 + + modify echo() behavior of getch() to match Solaris curses for + carriage return and backspace (reported by Neil Zanella). + + change _nc_flush() to a function. + + modify delscreen() to check if the output stream has been closed, and + if so, free the buffer allocated for setbuf (this provides an + ncurses-specific way to avoid a memory leak when repeatedly calling + newterm reported by Chipp C <at_1@zdnetonebox.com>). + + correct typo in curs_getch.3x manpage regarding noecho (reported by + David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie>). + + add a "make libs" rule. + + make the Ada95 interface build with configure --enable-widec. + + if the configure --enable-widec option is given, append 'w' to names + of the generated libraries (e.g., libncursesw.so) to avoid conflict + with existing ncurses libraries. + +20000520 + + modify view.c to make a rudimentary viewer of UTF-8 text if ncurses + is configured with the experimental wide-character support. + + add a simple UTF-8 output driver to the experimental wide-character + support. If any of the environment variables LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE or + LANG contain the string "UTF-8", this driver will be used to + translate the output to UTF-8. This works with XFree86 xterm. + + modify configure script to allow building shared libraries on BeOS + (from a patch by by Valeriy E Ushakov). + + modify lib_addch.c to allow repeated update to the lower-right + corner, rather than displaying only the first character written until + the cursor is moved. Recent versions of SVr4 curses can update the + lower-right corner, and behave this way (reported by Neil Zanella). + + add a limit-check in _nc_do_color(), to avoid using invalid color + pair value (from bug report by Brendan O'Dea <bod@compusol.com.au>). + +20000513 + + the tack program knows how to use smcup and rmcup but the "show caps + that can be tested" feature did not reflect this knowledge. Correct + the display in the menu tack/test/edit/c (patch by Daniel Weaver). + + xterm-16color does allow bold+colors, removed ncv#32 from that + terminfo entry. + +20000506 + + correct assignment to SP->_has_sgr_39_49 in lib_dft_fgbg.c, which + broke check for screen's AX capability (reported by Valeriy E Ushakov + <uwe@ptc.spbu.ru>). + + change man2html rule in dist.mk to workaround bug in some + man-programs that ignores locale when rendering hyphenation. + + change web- and ftp-site to dickey.his.com + +20000429 + + move _nc_curr_token from parse_entry.c to comp_scan.c, to work around + problem linking tack on MacOS X DP3. + + include <sys/time.h> in lib_napms.c to compile on MacOS X DP3 + (reported by Gerben Wierda <wierda@holmes.nl>). + + modify lib_vidattr.c to check for ncv fixes when pair-0 is not + default colors. + + add -d option to ncurses.c, to turn on default-colors for testing. + + add a check to _nc_makenew() to ensure that newwin() and newpad() + calls do not silently fail by passing too-large limits. + + add symbol NCURSES_SIZE_T to use rather than explicit 'short' for + internal window and pad sizes. Note that since this is visible in + the WINDOW struct, it would be an ABI change to make this an 'int' + (prompted by a question by Bastian Trompetter + <btrompetter@firemail.de>, who attempted to create a 96000-line pad). + +20000422 + + add mgterm terminfo entry from NetBSD, minor adjustments to sun-ss5, + aixterm entries -TD + + modify tack/ansi.c to make it more tolerant of bad ANSI replies. An + example of an illegal ANSI resonse can be found using Microsoft's + Telnet client. A correct display can be found using a VT-4xx + terminal or XFree86 xterm with: + XTerm*VT100*decTerminalID: 450 + (patch by Daniel Weaver). + + modify gdc.c to recognize 'q' for quit, 's' for single-step and ' ' + for resume. Add '-n' option to force gdc's standard input to + /dev/null, to both illustrate the use of newterm() for specifying + alternate inputs as well as for testing signal handling. + + minor fix for configure option --with-manpage-symlinks, for target + directories that contain a period ('.') (reported by Larry Virden). + +20000415 + + minor additions to beterm entry (feedback from Rico Tudor) -TD + + corrections/updates for some IBM terminfo entries -TD + + modify _nc_screen_wrap() so that when exiting curses mode with + non-default colors, the last line on the screen will be cleared to + the screen's default colors (request by Alexander Lukyanov). + + modify ncurses.c 'r' example to set nonl(), allowing control/M to be + read for demonstrating the REQ_NEW_LINE operation (prompted by a + question by Tony L Keith" <tlkeith@keithconsulting.com>). + + modify ncurses.c 'r' example of field_info() to work on Solaris 2.7, + documented extension of ncurses which allows a zero pointer. + + modify fmt_complex() to avoid buffer overflow in case of excess + recursion, and to recognize "%e%?" as a synonym for else-if, which + means that it will not recur for that special case. + + add logic to support $TERMCAP variable in case the USE_GETCAP symbol + is defined (patch by Todd C Miller). + + modify one of the m4 files used to generate the Ada95 sources, + to avoid using the token "symbols" (patch by Juergen Pfeifer). + +20000408 + + add terminfo entries bsdos-pc-m, bsdos-pc-mono (Jeffrey C Honig) + + correct spelling error in terminfo entry name: bq300-rv was given as + bg300-rv in esr's version. + + modify redrawwin() macro so its parameter is fully parenthesized + (fixes Debian bug report #61088). + + correct formatting error in dump_entry() which set incorrect column + value when no newline trimming was needed at the end of an entry, + before appending "use=" clauses (cf: 960406). + +20000401 + + add configure option --with-manpage-symlinks + + change unctrl() to render C1 characters (128-159) as ~@, ~A, etc. + + change makefiles so trace() function is provided only if TRACE is + defined, e.g., in the debug library. Modify related calls to + _tracechar() to use unctrl() instead. + +20000325 + + add screen's AX capability (for ECMA SGR 39 and 49) to applicable + terminfo entries, use presence of this as a check for a small + improvement in setting default colors. + + improve logic in _nc_do_color() implementing assume_default_colors() + by passing in previous color pair info to eliminate redundant call to + set_original_colors(). (Part of this is from a patch by Alexander + Lukyanov). + + modify warning in _nc_trans_string() about a possibly too-long string + to do this once only rather than for each character past the + threshold (600). Change interface of _nc_trans_string() to allow + check for buffer overflow. + + correct use of memset in _nc_read_entry_source() to initialize ENTRY + struct each time before reading new data into it, rather than once + per loop (cf: 990301). This affects multi-entry in-core operations + such as "infocmp -Fa". + +20000319 + + remove a spurious pointer increment in _nc_infotocap() changes from + 20000311. Add check for '.' in format of number, since that also + is not permitted in termcap. + + correct typo in rxvt-basic terminfo from temporary change made while + integrating 20000318. + +20000318 + + revert part of the vt220 change (request by Todd C Miller). + + add ansi-* terminfo entries from Eric's version. + + add -a option to tic and infocmp, which retains commented-out + capabilities during source translation/comparison, e.g., captoinfo + and infotocap. + + modify cardfile.c to display an empty card if no input data file is + found, fixes a core dump in that case (reported by Bruno Haible). + + correct bracketing in CF_MATH_LIB configure macro, which gave wrong + result for OS/2 EMX. + + supply required parameter for _nc_resolve_uses() call in + read_termcap.c, overlooked in 20000311 (reported by Todd C Miller). + > patches by Bruno Haible <haible@ilog.fr>: + + fix a compiler warning in fty_enum.c + + correct LIB_PREFIX expression for DEPS_CURSES in progs, tack + makefiles, which resulted in redundant linking (cf: 20000122). + +20000311 + + make ifdef's for BROKEN_LINKER consistent (patch by Todd C Miller). + + improved tack/README (patch by Daniel Weaver). + + modify tput.c to ensure that unspecified parameters are passed to + tparm() as 0's. + + add a few checks in infocmp to guard against buffer overflow when + displaying string capabilities. + + add check for zero-uses in infocmp's file_comparison() function + before calling _nc_align_termtype(). Otherwise one parameter is + indexed past the end of the uses-array. + + add an option -q to infocmp to specify the less verbose output, + keeping the existing format as the default, though not retaining the + previous behavior that made the -F option compare each entry to + itself. + + adapted patch by Eric Raymond to make infocmp -F less verbose + (the submitted patch was unusable because it did not compile + properly): + + modify write_entry.c to ensure that absent or cancelled booleans + are written as FALSE, for consistency with infocmp which now + assumes this. Note that for the small-core configuration, tic + may not produce the same result as before. + + change some private library interfaces used by infocmp, e.g., + _nc_resolve_uses(). + + add a check in _nc_infotocap() to ensure that cm-style capabilities + accept only %d codes when converting the format from terminfo to + termcap. + + modify ENTRY struct to separate the data in 'parent' into the name + and link values (the original idea to merge both into 'parent' was + not good). + + discard repair_acsc(tterm); + > patch by Juergen Pfeifer: + + drop support for gnat 3.10 + + move generated documentation and html files under ./doc directory, + adding makefile rules for this to dist.mk + +20000304 + + correct conflicting use of tparm() in 20000226 change to tic, which + made it check only one entry at a time. + + fix errors in ncurses-intro.html and hackguide.html shown by Dave + Raggett's tidy. + + make the example in ncurses-intro.html do something plausible, and + corrected misleading comment (reported by Neil Zanella). + + modify pnoutrefresh() to set newscr->_leaveok as wnoutrefresh() does, + to fix a case where the cursor position was not updated as in + Solaris (patch by David Mosberger <davidm@hpl.hp.com>). + + add a limit-check for wresize() to ensure that a subwindow does not + address out of bounds. + + correct offsets used for subwindows in wresize() (patch by Michael + Andres <ma@suse.de>). + + regenerate html'ized manual pages with man2html 3.0.1 (patch by + Juergen Pfeifer). This generated a file with a space in its name, + which I removed. + + fix a few spelling errors in tack. + + modify tack/Makefile.in to match linker options of progs/Makefile.in; + otherwise it does not build properly for older HPUX shared library + configurations. + + add several terminfo entries from esr's "11.0". + +20000226 + + make 'tput flash' work properly for xterm by flushing output in + delay_output() when using napms(), and modifying xterm's terminfo to + specify no padding character. Otherwise, xterm's reported baud rate + can mislead ncurses into producing too few padding characters + (Debian #58530). + + add a check to tic for consistency between sgr and the separate + capabilities such as smso, use this to check/correct several + terminfo entries (Debian #58530). + + add a check to tic if cvvis is the same as cnorm, adjusted several + terminfo entries to remove the conflict (Debian #58530). + + correct prototype shown in attr_set()/wattr_set() manpages (fixes + Debian #53962). + + minor clarification for curs_set() and leaveok() manpages. + + use mkstemp() for creating temporary file for tic's processing of + $TERMCAP contents (fixes Debian #56465). + + correct two errors from integrating Alexander's changes: did not + handle the non-bce case properly in can_erase_with() (noted by + Alexander), and left fg/bg uninitialized in the pair-zero case of + _nc_do_color() (reported by Dr Werner Fink <werner@suse.de> and + Ismael Cordeiro <ismael@cordeiro.com>). + +20000219 + + store default-color code consistently as C_MASK, even if given as + -1 for convenience (adapted from patches by Alexander Lukyanov). + > patches by Alexander Lukyanov: + + change can_clear_with() macro to accommodate logic for + assume_default_colors(), making most of the FILL_BCE logic + unnecessary. Made can_clear_with() an inline function to make it + simpler to read. + +20000212 + + corrected form of recent copyright dates. + + minor corrections to xterm-xf86-v333 terminfo entry -TD + > patches by Alexander Lukyanov: + + reworded dft_fgbg.3x to avoid assuming that the terminal's default + colors are white on black. + + fix initialization of tstLine so that it is filled with current blank + character in any case. Previously it was possible to have it filled + with old blank. The wrong over-optimization was introduced in 991002 + patch. (it is not very critical as the only bad effect is not using + clr_eos for clearing if blank has changed). + +20000205 + + minor corrections/updates to several terminfo entries: rxvt-basic, + vt520, vt525, ibm5151, xterm-xf86-v40 -TD + + modify ifdef's for poll() to allow it to use <sys/poll.h>, thereby + allowing poll() to be used on Linux. + + add CF_FUNC_POLL macro to check if poll() is able to select from + standard input. If not we will not use it, preferring select() + (adapted from patch by Michael Pakovic <mpakovic@fdn.com>). + + update CF_SHARED_OPTS macro for SCO Unixware 7.1 to allow building + shared libraries (reported/tested by Thanh <thanhma@mediaone.net>). + + override $LANGUAGE in build to avoid incorrect ordering of keynames. + + correct CF_MATH_LIB parameter, must be sin(x), not sqrt(x). + +20000122 + + resync CF_CHECK_ERRNO and CF_LIB_PREFIX macros from tin and xterm. + + modify CF_MATH_LIB configure macro to parameterize the test function + used, for reuse in dialog and similar packages. + + correct tests for file-descriptors in OS/2 EMX mouse support. A + negative value could be used by FD_SET, causing the select() call + to wait indefinitely. + +20000115 + + additional fixes for non-bce terminals (handling of delete_character) + to work when assume_default_colors() is not specified. + + modify warning message from _nc_parse_entry() regarding extended + capability names to print only if tic/infocmp/toe have the -v flag + set, and not at all in ordinary user applications. Otherwise, this + warning would be shown for screen's extended capabilities in programs + that use the termcap interface (reported by Todd C Miller). + + modify use of _nc_tracing from programs such as tic so their debug + level is not in the same range as values set by trace() function. + + small panel header cleanup (patch by Juergen Pfeifer). + + add 'railroad' demo for termcap interface. + + modify 'tic' to write its usage message to stderr (patch by Todd C + Miller). + +20000108 + + add prototype for erase() to curses.h.in, needed to make test + programs build with c++/g++. + + add .c.i and .c.h suffix rules to generated makefiles, for debugging. + + correct install rule for tack.1; it assumed that file was in the + current directory (reported by Mike Castle <dalgoda@ix.netcom.com>). + + modify terminfo/termcap translation to suppress acsc before trying + sgr if the entry would be too large (patch by Todd C Miller). + + document a special case of incompatiblity between ncurses 4.2 and + 5.0, add a section for this in INSTALL. + + add TRACE_DATABASE flag for trace(). + +20000101 + + update mach, add mach-color terminfo entries based on Debian diffs + for ncurses 5.0 -TD + + add entries for xterm-hp, xterm-vt220, xterm-vt52 and xterm-noapp + terminfo entries -TD + + change OTrs capabilities to rs2 in terminfo.src -TD + + add obsolete and extended capabilities to 'screen' terminfo -TD + + corrected conversion from terminfo rs2 to termcap rs (cf: 980704) + + make conversion to termcap ug (underline glitch) more consistently + applied. + + fix out-of-scope use of 'personal[]' buffer in 'toe' (this error + was in the original pre-1.9.7 version, when $HOME/.terminfo was + introduced). + + modify 'toe' to ignore terminfo directories to which it has no + permissions. + + modify read_termtype(), fixing 'toe', which could dump core when it + found an incomplete entry such as "dumb" because it did not + initialize its buffer for _nc_read_file_entry(). + + use -fPIC rather than -fpic for shared libraries on Linux, not + needed for i386 but some ports (from Debian diffs for 5.0). + + use explicit VALID_NUMERIC() checks in a few places that had been + overlooked, and add a check to ensure that init_tabs is nonzero, + to avoid divide-by-zero (reported by Todd C Miller). + + minor fix for CF_ANSI_CC_CHECK configure macro, for HPUX 10.x (from + tin). + +19991218 + + reorder tests during mouse initialization to allow for gpm to run in + xterm, or for xterm to be used under OS/2 EMX. Also drop test for + $DISPLAY in favor of kmous=\E[M or $TERM containing "xterm" (report + by Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de>). + + modify raw() and noraw() to clear/restore IEXTEN flag which affects + stty lnext on systems such as FreeBSD (report by Bruce Evans + <bde@zeta.org.au>, via Jason Evans <jasone@canonware.com>). + + fix a potential (but unlikely) buffer overflow in failed() function + of tset.c (reported by Todd C Miller). + + add manual-page for ncurses extensions, documented curses_version(), + use_extended_names(). + +19991211 + + treat as untranslatable to termcap those terminfo strings which + contain non-decimal formatting, e.g., hexadecimal or octal. + + correct commented-out capabilities that cannot be translated to + termcap, which did not check if a colon must be escaped. + + correct termcap translation for "%>" and "%+", which did not check + if a colon must be escaped, for instance. + + use save_string/save_char for _nc_captoinfo() to eliminate fixed + buffer (originally for _nc_infotocap() in 960301 -TD). + + correct expression used for terminfo equivalent of termcap %B, + adjust regent100 entry which uses this. + + some cleanup and commenting of ad hoc cases in _nc_infotocap(). + + eliminate a fixed-buffer in tic, used for translating comments. + + add manpage for infotocap + +19991204 + + add kvt and gnome terminfo entries -TD + + correct translation of "%%" by infotocap, which was emitted as "%". + + add "obsolete" termcap strings to terminfo.src + + modify infocmp to default to showing obsolete capabilities rather + than terminfo only. + + modify write_entry.c so that if extended names (i.e., configure + --enable-tcap-names) are active, then tic will also write "obsolete" + capabilities that are present in the terminfo source. + + modify tic so that when running as captoinfo or infotocap, it + initializes the output format as in -C and -I options, respectively. + + improve infocmp and tic -f option by splitting long strings that do + not have if-then-else construct, but do have parameters, e.g., the + initc for xterm-88color. + + refine MKtermsort.sh slightly by using bool for the *_from_termcap + arrays. + +19991127 + + additional fixes for non-bce terminals (handling of clear_screen, + clr_eol, clr_eos, scrolling) to work when assume_default_colors() is + not specified. + + several small changes to xterm terminfo entries -TD. + + move logic for _nc_windows in lib_freeall.c inside check for nonnull + SP, since it is part of that struct. + + remove obsolete shlib-versions, which was unintentionally re-added + in 970927. + + modify infocmp -e, -E options to ensure that generated fallback.c + type for Booleans agrees with term.h (reported by Eric Norum + <eric@cls.usask.ca>). + + correct configure script's use of $LIB_PREFIX, which did not work + for installing the c++ directory if $libdir did not end with "/lib" + (reported by Huy Le <huyle@ugcs.caltech.edu>). + + modify infocmp so -L and -f options work together. + + modify the initialization of SP->_color_table[] in start_color() so + that color_content() will return usable values for COLORS greater + than 8. + + modify ncurses 'd' test in case COLORS is greater than 16, e.g., for + xterm-88color, to limit the displayed/computed colors to 16. + > patch by Juergen Pfeifer: + + simplify coding of the panel library according to suggestions by + Philippe Blain. + + improve macro coding for a few macros in curses.priv.h + +19991113 + + modify treatment of color pair 0 so that if ncurses is configured + to support default colors, and they are not active, then ncurses + will set that explicitly, not relying on orig_colors or orig_pair. + + add new extension, assume_default_colors() to provide better control + over the use of default colors. + + modify test programs to use more-specific ifdef's for existence of + wresize(), resizeterm() and use_default_colors(). + + modify configure script to add specific ifdef's for some functions + that are included when --enable-ext-funcs is in effect, so their + existence can be ifdef'd in the test programs. + + reorder some configure options, moving those extensions that have + evolved from experimental status into a new section. + + change configure --enable-tcap-names to enable this by default. + +19991106 + + install tack's manpage (reported by Robert Weiner + <robert@progplus.com>) + + correct worm.c's handling of KEY_RESIZE (patch by Frank Heckenbach). + + modify curses.h.in, undef'ing some symbols to avoid conflict with C++ + STL (reported by Matt Gerassimoff <mgeras@ticon.net>) + +19991030 + + modify linux terminfo entry to indicate that dim does not mix with + color (reported by Klaus Weide <kweide@enteract.com>). + + correct several typos in terminfo entries related to missing '[' + in CSI's -TD + + fix several compiler warnings in c++ binding (reported by Tim + Mooney for alphaev56-dec-osf4.0f + + rename parameter of _nc_free_entries() to accommodate lint. + + correct lint rule for tack, used incorrect list of source files. + + add case to config.guess, config.sub for Rhapsody. + + improve configure tests for libg++ and libstdc++ by omitting the + math library (which is missing on Rhapsody), and improved test for + the math library itself (adapted from path by Nelson H. F. Beebe). + + explicitly initialize to zero several data items which were + implicitly initialized, e.g., cur_term. If not explicitly + initialized, their storage type is C (common), and causes problems + linking on Rhapsody 5.5 using gcc 2.7.2.1 (reported by Nelson H. F. + Beebe). + + modify Ada95 binding to not include the linker option for Ada + bindings in the Ada headers, but in the Makefiles instead (patch by + Juergen Pfeifer). + +19991023 5.0 release for upload to ftp.gnu.org + + effective with release of 5.0, change NCURSES_VERSION_PATCH to + 4-digit year. + + add function curses_version(), to return ncurses library version + (request by Bob van der Poel). + + remove rmam, smam from cygwin terminfo entry. + + modify FreeBSD cons25 terminfo entry to add cnorm and cvvis, as well + as update ncv to indicate that 'dim' conflicts with colors. + + modify configure script to use symbolic links for FreeBSD shared + libraries by default. + + correct ranf() function in rain and worm programs to ensure it does + not return 1.0 + + hide the cursor in hanoi.c if it is running automatically. + + amend lrtest.c to account for optimizations that exploit margin + wrapping. + + add a simple terminfo demo, dots.c + + modify SIGINT/SIGQUIT handler to set a flag used in _nc_outch() to + tell it to use write() rather than putc(), since the latter is not + safe in a signal handler according to POSIX. + + add/use internal macros _nc_flush() and NC_OUTPUT to hide details + of output-file pointer in ncurses library. + + uncomment CC_SHARED_OPTS (see 971115), since they are needed for SCO + OpenServer. + + correct CC_SHARED_OPTS for building shared libraries for SCO + OpenServer. + + remove usleep() from alternatives in napms(), since it may interact + with alarm(), causing a process to be interrupted by SIGALRM (with + advice from Bela Lubkin). + + modify terminal_interface-curses-forms.ads.m4 to build/work with + GNAT 3.10 (patch by Juergen Pfeifer). + + remove part of CF_GPP_LIBRARY configure-script macro, which did not + work with gcc 2.7.2.3 + + minor fix to test/tclock.c to avoid beeping more than once per second + + add 's' and ' ' decoding to test/rain.c + +991016 pre-release + + corrected BeOS code for lib_twait.c, making nodelay() function work. + +991009 pre-release + + correct ncurses' value for cursor-column in PutCharLR(), which was + off-by-one in one case (patch by Ilya Zakharevich). + + fix some minor errors in position_check() debugging code, found while + using this to validate the PutCharLR() patch. + + modify firework, lrtest, worm examples to be resizable, and to + recognize 'q' for quit, 's' for single-step and ' ' for resume. + + restore reverted change to terminal_interface-curses-forms.ads.m4, + add a note on building with gnat 3.10p to Ada95/TODO. + + add a copy of the standalone configure script for the test-directory + to simplify testing on SCO and Solaris. + +991002 pre-release + + minor fixes for _nc_msec_cost(), color_content(), pair_content(), + _nc_freewin(), ClrBottom() and onscreen_mvcur() (analysis by Philippe + Blain, comments by Alexander Lukyanov). + + simplify definition of PANEL and eliminate internal functions + _nc_calculate_obscure(), _nc_free_obscure() and _nc_override(), + (patch by Juergen Pfeifer, based on analysis by Philippe Blain + <bledp@voila.fr>)). + + change renaming of dft_fgbg.3x to use_default_colors.3ncurses in + man_db.renames, since Debian is not concerned with 14-character + filename limitation (from Debian bug report by Josip Rodin + <joy@cibalia.gkvk.hr>). + + corrected scoansi terminfo entry by testing with scoterm and console. + + revert change from 990614 to terminal_interface-curses-forms.ads.m4, + since this does not work for gnat 3.10p + + modify tclock example to be resizable (if ncurses' sigwinch handler + is used), and in color. + + use $(CC) rather than 'gcc' in MK_SHARED_LIB symbols, used for Linux + shared library rules. + +990925 pre-release + + add newer NetBSD console terminfo entries + + add amiga-8bit terminfo entry (from Henning 'Faroul' Peters + <Faroul@beyond.kn-bremen.de>) + + remove -lcurses -ltermcap from configure script's check for the gpm + library, since they are not really necessary (a properly configured + gpm library has no dependency on any curses library), and if the + curses library is not installed, this would cause the test to fail. + + modify tic's -C option so that terminfo "use=" clauses are translated + to "tc=" clauses even when running it as captoinfo. + + modify CF_STDCPP_LIBRARY configure macro to perform its check only + for GNU C++, since that library conflicts with SGI's libC on IRIX-6.2 + + modify CF_SHARED_OPTS configure macro to support build on NetBSD with + ELF libraries (patch by Bernd Ernesti <bernd@arresum.inka.de>). + + correct a problem in libpanel, where the _nc_top_panel variable was + not set properly when bottom_panel() is called to hide a panel which + is the only one on the stack (report/analysis by Michael Andres + <ma@suse.de>, patch by Juergen Pfeifer). + +990918 pre-release + + add acsc string to HP 70092 terminfo entry (patch by Joerg Wunsch + <j@interface-business.de>). + + add top-level uninstall.data and uninstall.man makefile rules. + + correct logic of CF_LINK_FUNCS configure script, from BeOS changes so + that hard-links work on Unix again. + + change default value of cf_cv_builtin_bool to 1 as suggested by + Jeremy Buhler, making it less likely that a conflicting declaration + of bool will be seen when compiling with C++. + +990911 pre-release + + improved configure checks for builtin.h + + minor changes to C++ binding (remove static initializations, and make + configure-test for parameter initializations) for features not + allowed by vendor's C++ compilers (reported by Martin Mokrejs, this + applies to SGI, though I found SCO has the same characteristics). + + corrected quoting of ETIP_xxx definitions which support old versions + of g++, e.g., those using -lg++ + + remove 'L' code from safe_sprintf.c, since 'long double' is not + widely portable. safe_sprintf.c is experimental, however, and + exists mainly as a fallback for systems without snprintf (reported + by Martin Mokrejs <mmokrejs@natur.cuni.cz>, for IRIX 6.2) + + modify definition of _nc_tinfo_fkeys in broken-linker configuration + so that it is not unnecessarily made extern (Jeffrey C Honig). + +990904 pre-release + + move definition for builtin.h in configure tests to specific check + for libg++, since qt uses the same filename incompatibly. + + correct logic of lib_termcap.c tgetstr function, which did not copy + the result to the buffer parameter. Testing shows Solaris does + update this, though of course tgetent's buffer is untouched (from + mpc.lists.freebsd.current newsgroup item by Peter Edwards + <peter.edwards@ireland.com>). + + corrected beterm terminfo entry, which lists some capabilities which + are not actually provided by the BeOS Terminal. + + add special logic to replace select() calls on BeOS, whose select() + function works only for sockets. + + correct missing escape in mkterm.h.awk.in, which caused part + of the copyright noticed to be omitted (reported by Peter + Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>). + > several small changes to make the c++ binding and demo work on OS/2 + EMX (related to a clean reinstall of EMX): + + correct library-prefix for c++ binding; none is needed. + + add $x suffix to make_hash and make_keys so 'make distclean' works. + + correct missing $x suffix for tack, c++ demo executables. + + split CF_CXX_LIBRARY into CF_GPP_LIBRARY (for -lg++) and + CF_STDCPP_LIBRARY (for -lstdc++) + +990828 pre-release + + add cygwin terminfo entry -TD + + modify CF_PROG_EXT configure macro to set .exe extension for cygwin. + + add configure option --without-cxx-binding, modifying the existing + --without-cxx option to check only for the C++ compiler + characteristics. Whether or not the C++ binding is needed, the + configure script checks for the size/type of bool, to make ncurses + match. Otherwise C++ applications cannot use ncurses. + +990821 pre-release + + updated configure macros CF_MAKEFLAGS, CF_CHECK_ERRNO + + minor corrections to beterm terminfo entry. + + modify lib_setup.c to reject values of $TERM which have a '/' in + them. + + add ifdef's to guard against CS5, CS6, CS7, CS8 being zero, as more + than one is on BeOS. That would break a switch statement. + + add configure macro CF_LINK_FUNCS to detect and work around BeOS's + nonfunctional link(). + + improved configure macros CF_BOOL_DECL and CF_BOOL_SIZE to detect + BeOS's bool, which is declared as an unsigned char. + +990814 pre-release + + add ms-vt100 terminfo entry -TD + + minor fixes for misc/emx.src, based on testing with tack. + + minor fix for test/ncurses.c, test 'a', in case ncv is not set. + +990731 pre-release + + minor correction for 'screen' terminfo entry. + + clarify description of errret values for setupterm in manpage. + + modify tput to allow it to emit capabilities for hardcopy terminals + (patch by Goran Uddeborg <goeran@uddeborg.pp.se>). + + modify the 'o' (panel) test in ncurses.c to show the panels in color + or at least in bold, to test Juergen's change to wrefresh(). + > patches by Juergen Pfeifer: + + Fixes a problem using wbkgdset() with panels. It has actually + nothing to with panels but is a problem in the implementation of + wrefresh(). Whenever a window changes its background attribute to + something different than newscr's background attribute, the whole + window is touched to force a copy to newscr. This is an unwanted + side-effect of wrefresh() and it is actually not necessary. A + changed background attribute affects only further outputs of + background it doesn't mean anything to the current content of the + window. So there is no need to force a copy. (reported by Frank + Heckenbach <frank@g-n-u.de>). + + an upward compatible enhancement of the NCursesPad class in the C++ + binding. It allows one to add a "viewport" window to a pad and then + to use panning to view the pad through the viewport window. + +990724 pre-release + + suppress a call to def_prog_mode() in the SIGTSTP handler if the + signal was received while not in curses mode, e.g., endwin() was + called in preparation for spawning a shell command (reported by Frank + Heckenbach <frank@g-n-u.de>) + + corrected/enhanced xterm-r5, xterm+sl, xterm+sl-twm terminfo entries. + + change test for xterm mouse capability: it now checks only if the + user's $DISPLAY variable is set in conjunction with the kmous + capability being present in the terminfo. Before, it checked if any + of "xterm", "rxvt" or "kterm" were substrings of the terminal name. + However, some emulators which are incompatible with xterm in other + ways do support the xterm mouse capability. + + reviewed and made minor changes in ncurses to quiet g++ warnings + about shadowed or uninitialized variables. g++ incorrectly warns + about uninitialized variables because it does not take into account + short-circuit expression evaluation. + + change ncurses 'b' test to start in color pair 0 and to show in the + right margin those attributes which are suppressed by no_color_video, + i.e., "(NCV)". + + modify ifdef's in curses.h so that __attribute__ is not redefined + when compiling with g++, but instead disabled the macros derived for + __attribute__ since g++ does not consistently recognize the same + keywords as gcc (reported by Stephan K Zitz <zitz@erf.net>). + + update dependencies for term.h in ncurses/modules (reported by + Ilya Zakharevich). + +990710 pre-release + + modify the form demo in ncurses.c to illustrate how to manipulate the + field appearance, e.g, for highlighting or translating the field + contents. + + correct logic in write_entry from split-out of home_terminfo in + 980919, which prevented update of $HOME/.terminfo (reported by Philip + Spencer <pspencer@fields.utoronto.ca>). + +990703 pre-release + + modify linux terminfo description to make use of kernel 2.2.x mods + that support cursor style, e.g., to implement cvvis (patch by Frank + Heckenbach <frank@g-n-u.de>) + + add special-case in setupterm to retain previously-saved terminal + settings in cur_term, which happens when curses and termcap calls are + mixed (from report by Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@dhc.net>). + + suppress initialization of key-tries in _nc_keypad() if we are only + disabling keypad mode, e.g., in endwin() called when keypad() was + not. + + modify the Ada95 makefile to ensure that always the Ada files from + the development tree are used for building and not the eventually + installed ones (patch by Juergen Pfeifer). + +990626 pre-release + + use TTY definition in tack/sysdep.c rather than struct termios + (reported by Philippe De Muyter). + + add a fallback for strstr, used in lib_mvcur.c and tack/edit.c, + not present on sysV68 (reported by Philippe De Muyter). + + correct definition in comp_hash.c to build with configure + --with-rcs-ids option. + +990619 pre-release + + modified ifdef's for sigaction and sigvec to ensure we do not try to + handle SIGTSTP if neither is available (from report by Philippe De + Muyter). + > patch by Philippe De Muyter: + + in tic.c, use `unlink' if `remove' is not available. + + use only `unsigned' as fallback value for `speed_t'. Some files used + `short' instead. + +990616 pre-release + + fix some compiler warnings in tack. + + add a check for predefined bool type in CC, based on report that + BeOS predefines a bool type. + + correct logic for infocmp -e option (i.e., the configure + --with-fallbacks option), which I'd not updated when implementing + extended names (cf: 990301). The new implementation adds a -E + option to infocmp. + > patch by Juergen Pfeifer: + + introduce the private type Curses_Bool in the Ada95 binding + implementation. This is to clearly represent the use of "bool" also + in the binding. It should have no effect on the generated code. + + improve the man page for field_buffer() to tell the people, that the + whole buffer including leading/trailing spaces is returned. This is + a common source of confusion, so it's better to document it clearly. + +990614 pre-release + > patch by Juergen Pfeifer: + + use pragma PreElaborate in several places. + + change a few System.Address uses to more specific types. + + change interface version-number to 1.0 + + regenerate Ada95 HTML files. + +990612 pre-release + + modify lib_endwin.c to avoid calling reset_shell_mode(), return ERR + if it appears that curses was never initialized, e.g., by initscr(). + For instance, this guards against setting the terminal modes to + strange values if endwin() is called after setupterm(). In the same + context, Solaris curses will dump core. + + modify logic that avoids a conflict in lib_vidattr.c between sgr0 and + equivalent values in rmso or rmul by ensuring we do not modify the + data which would be returned by the terminfo or termcap interfaces + (reported by Brad Pepers <brad@linuxcanada.com>, cf: 960706). + + add a null-pointer check for SP in lib_vidattr.c to logic that checks + for magic cookies. + + improve fallback declaration of 'bool' when the --without-cxx option + is given, by using a 'char' on i386 and related hosts (from + discussion with Alexander Lukyanov). + +990605 pre-release + + include time.h in lib_napms.c if nanosleep is used (patch by + R Lindsay Todd <toddr@rpi.edu>). + + add an "#undef bool" to curses.h, in case someone tries to define it, + e.g., perl. + + add check to tparm to guard against divide by zero (reported by Aaron + Campbell <aaron@ug.cs.dal.ca>). + +990516 pre-release + + minor fix to build tack on CLIX (mismatched const). + > patch by Juergen Pfeifer: + + change Juergen's old email address with new one in the files where it + is referenced. The Ada95 HTML pages are regenerated. + + update MANIFEST to list the tack files. + +990509 pre-release + + minor fixes to make 'tack' build/link on NeXT (reported by Francisco + A. Tomei Torres). + +990417 pre-release + + add 'tack' program (which is GPL'd), updating it to work with the + modified TERMTYPE struct and making a fix to support setaf/setab + capabilities. Note that the tack program is not part of the + ncurses libraries, but an application which can be distributed with + ncurses. The configure script will ignore the directory if it is + omitted, however. + + modify gpm mouse support so that buttons 2 and 3 are used for + select/paste only when shift key is pressed, making them available + for use by an application (patch by Klaus Weide). + + add complete list of function keys to scoansi terminfo entry - TD + +990410 pre-release + + add a simple test program cardfile.c to illustrate how to read form + fields, and showing forms within panels. + + change shared-library versioning for the Hurd to be like Linux rather + than *BSD (patch by Mark Kettenis <kettenis@wins.uva.nl>). + + add linux-lat terminfo entry. + + back-out _nc_access check in read_termcap.c (both incorrect and + unnecessary, except to guard against a small window where the file's + ownership may change). + +990403 pre-release + + remove conflicting _nc_free_termtype() function from test module + lib_freeall.c + + use _nc_access check in read_termcap.c for termpaths[] array (noted + by Jeremy Buhler, indicating that Alan Cox made a similar patch). + > patch by Juergen Pfeifer: + + modify menu creation to not inherit status flag from the default menu + which says that the associated marker string has been allocated and + should be freed (bug reported by Marek Paliwoda" + <paliwoda@kki.net.pl>) + +990327 pre-release (alpha.gnu.org:/gnu/ncurses-5.0-beta1.tar.gz) + + minor fixes to xterm-xfree86 terminfo entry - TD. + + split up an expression in configure script check for ldconfig to + workaround limitation of BSD/OS sh (reported by Jeff Haas + <jmh@mail.msen.com>). + + correct a typo in man/form_hook.3x (Todd C Miller). + +990318 pre-release + + parenthesize and undef 'index' symbol in c++ binding and demo, to + accommodate its definition on NeXT (reported by Francisco A. Tomei + Torres). + + add sigismember() to base/sigaction.c compatibility to link on NeXT + (reported by Francisco A. Tomei Torres). + + further refinements to inequality in hashmap.c to cover a case with + ^U in nvi (patch by Alexander Lukyanov). + +990316 pre-release + + add fallback definition for getcwd, to link on NeXT. + + add a copy of cur_term to tic.c to make it link properly on NeXT + (reported by Francisco A. Tomei Torres). + + change inequality in hashmap.c which checks the distance traveled by + a chunk so that ^D command in nvi (scrolls 1/2 screen) will use + scrolling logic (patch by Alexander Lukyanov, reported by Jeffrey + C Honig). + +990314 pre-release + + modify lib_color.c to handle a special case where the curscr + attributes have been made obsolete (patch by Alexander Lukyanov). + + update BSD/OS console terminfo entries to use klone+sgr and + klone+color (patch by Jeffrey C Honig). + + update glibc addon configure script for extended capabilities. + + correct a couple of warnings in the --enable-const configuration. + + make comp_hash build properly with _nc_strdup(), on NeXT (reported by + Francisco A. Tomei Torres <francisco.tomei@cwix.com>). + +990313 pre-release + + correct typos in linux-c initc string - TD + + add 'crt' terminfo entry, update xterm-xfree86 entry - TD + + remove a spurious argument to tparm() in lib_sklrefr.c (patch by + Alexander Lukyanov). + +990307 pre-release + + back-out change to wgetch because it causes a problem with ^Z + handling in lynx (reported by Kim DeVaughn). + +990306 pre-release + + add -G option to tic and infocmp, to reverse the -g option. + + recode functions in name_match.c to avoid use of strncpy, which + caused a 4-fold slowdown in tic (cf: 980530). + + correct a few warnings about sign-extension in recent changes. + > patch by Juergen Pfeifer: + + fixes suggested by Jeff Bradbury <jibradbury@lucent.com>: + + improved parameter checking in new_fieldtype(). + + fixed a typo in wgetch() timeout handling. + + allow slk_init() to be called per newterm call. The internal SLK + state is stored in the SCREEN struct after every newterm() and then + reset for the next newterm. + + fix the problem that a slk_refresh() refreshes stdscr if the + terminal has true SLKs. + + update HTML documentation for Ada binding. + +990301 pre-release + + remove 'bool' casts from definitions of TRUE/FALSE so that statements + such as "#if TRUE" work. This was originally done to allow for a C++ + compiler which would warn of implicit conversions between enum and + int, but is not needed for g++ (reported by Kim DeVaughn). + + add use_extended_names() function to allow applications to suppress + read of the extended capabilities. + + add configure option --enable-tcap-names to support logic which + allows ncurses' tic to define new (i.e., extended) terminal + capabilities. This is activated by the tic -x switch. The infocmp + program automatically shows or compares extended capabilities. + Note: This changes the Strings and similar arrays in the TERMTYPE + struct so that applications which manipulate it must be recompiled. + + use macros typeMalloc, typeCalloc and typeRealloc consistently + throughout ncurses library. + + add _nc_strdup() to doalloc.c. + + modify define_key() to allow multiple strings to be bound to the + same keycode. + + correct logic error in _nc_remove_string, from 990220. + > patch by Juergen Pfeifer, for Ada95 binding: + + regenerate some of the html documentation + + minor cleanup in terminal_interface-curses.adb + +990220 pre-release + + resolve ambiguity of kend/kll/kslt and khome/kfnd/kich1 strings in + xterm and ncsa terminfo entries by removing the unneeded ones. Note + that some entries will return kend & khome versus kslt and kfnd, for + PC-style keyboards versus strict vt220 compatiblity - TD + + add function keybound(), which returns the definition associated with + a given keycode. + + modify define_key() to undefine the given string when no keycode is + given. + + modify keyok() so it works properly if there is more than one string + defined for a keycode. + + add check to tic to warn about terminfo descriptions that contain + more than one key assigned to the same string. This is shown only if + the verbose (-v) option is given. Moved related logic (tic -v) from + comp_parse.c into the tic program. + + add/use _nc_trace_tries() to show the function keys that will be + recognized. + + rename init_acs to _nc_init_acs (request by Alexander Lukyanov). + > patch by Juergen Pfeifer, for Ada95 binding: + + remove all the *_adabind.c from ncurses, menu and form projects. + Those little helper routines have all been implemented in Ada and are + no longer required. + + The option handling routines in menu and form have been made more + save. They now make sure that the unused bits in options are always + zero. + + modify configuration scripts to + + use gnatmake as default compiler name. This is a safer choice than + gcc, because some GNAT implementations use other names for the + compilerdriver to avoid conflicts. + + use new default installation locations for the Ada files according + to the proposed GNU Ada filesystem standard (for Linux). + + simplify the Makefiles for the Ada binding + + rename ada_include directory to src. + +990213 + + enable sigwinch handler by default. + + disable logic that allows setbuf to be turned off/on, because some + implementations will overrun the buffer after it has been disabled + once. + +990206 + + suppress sc/rc capabilities from terminal description if they appear + in smcup/rmcup. This affects only scrolling optimization, to fix a + problem reported by several people with xterm's alternate screen, + though the problem is more general. + > patch by Juergen Pfeifer, for Ada95 binding: + + removed all pragma Preelaborate() stuff, because the just released + gnat-3.11p complains on some constructs. + + fixed some upper/lower case notations because gnat-3.11p found + inconsistent use. + + used a new method to generate the HTML documentation of the Ada95 + binding. This invalidates nearly the whole ./Ada95/html subtree. + Nearly all current files in this subtree are removed + +990130 + + cache last result from _nc_baudrate, for performance (suggested by + Alexander Lukyanov). + + modify ClrUpdate() function to workaround a problem in nvi, which + uses redrawwin in SIGTSTP handling. Jeffrey C Honig reported that + ncurses repainted the screen with nulls before resuming normal + operation (patch by Alexander Lukyanov). + + generalize is_xterm() function a little by letting xterm/rxvt/kterm + be any substring rather than the prefix. + + modify lib_data.c to initialize SP. Some linkers, e.g., IBM's, will + not link a module if the only symbols exported from the module are + uninitialized ones (patch by Ilya Zakharevich, who says that he has + seen messages claiming this behaviour conforms to the standard.) + + move call on _nc_signal_handler past _nc_initscr, to avoid a small + window where Nttyb hasn't yet been filled (reported by Klaus Weide). + + modify lib_tstp.c to block SIGTTOU when handling SIGTSTP, fixes a + problem where ncurses applications which were run via a shell script + would hang when given a ^Z. Also, check if the terminal's process + group is consistent, i.e., a shell has not taken ownership of it, + before deciding to save the current terminal settings in the SIGTSTP + handler (patch by Klaus Weide). + + correct spelling of ACS_ names in curs_border.3x (reported by Bob van + der Poel <bvdpoel@kootenay.com>). + + correct a couple of typos in the macros supporting the configure + --with-shlib-version option. + +990123 + + modify fty_regex.c to compile on HAVE_REGEXPR_H_FUNCS machine (patch + by Kimio Ishii <ishii@csl.sony.co.jp>). + + rename BSDI console terminfo entries: bsdos to bsdos-pc-nobold, and + bsdos-bold to bsdos-pc (patch by Jeffrey C Honig). + + modify tput to accept termcap names as an alternative to terminfo + names (patch by Jeffrey C Honig). + + correct a typo in term.7 (Todd C Miller). + + add configure --with-shlib-version option to allow installing shared + libraries named according to release or ABI versions. This + parameterizes some existing logic in the configure script, and is + intended for compatiblity upgrades on Digital Unix, which used + versioned libraries in ncurses 4.2, but no longer does (cf: 980425). + + resync configure script against autoconf 2.13 + patches + + minor improvements for teraterm terminfo entry based on the program's + source distribution. + +990116 + + change default for configure --enable-big-core to assume machines do + have enough memory to resolve terminfo.src in-memory. + + correct name of ncurses library in TEST_ARGS when configuring with + debug library. + + minor fixes to compile ncurses library with broken-linker with g++. + + add --enable-broken-linker configure option, default to environment + variable $BROKEN_LINKER (request by Jeffrey C Honig). + + change key_names[] array to static since it is not part of the curses + interface (reported by Jeffrey C Honig <jch@bsdi.com>). + +990110 + + add Tera Term terminfo entry - TD + +990109 + + reviewed/corrected macros in curses.h as per XSI document. + + provide support for termcap PC variable by copying it from terminfo + data and using it as the padding character in tputs (reported by + Alexander Lukyanov). + + corrected iris-ansi and iris-ansi-ap terminfo entries for kent and + kf9-kf12 capabilities, as well as adding kcbt. + + document the mouse handling mechanism in menu_driver and make a small + change in menu_driver's return codes to provide more consistency + (patch by Juergen Pfeifer). + + add fallback definition for NCURSES_CONST to termcap.h.in (reported + by Uchiyama Yasushi <uch@nop.or.jp>). + + move lib_restart.c to ncurses/base, since it uses curses functions + directly, and therefore cannot be used in libtinfo.so + + rename micro_char_size to micro_col_size, adding #define to retain + old name. + + add set_a_attributes and set_pglen_inch to terminfo structure, as per + XSI and Solaris 2.5. + + minor makefile files to build ncurses test_progs + + update html files in misc directory to reflect changes since 4.2 + +990102 + + disable scroll hints when hashmap is enabled (patch by Alexander + Lukyanov). + + move logic for tic's verify of -e option versus -I and -C so that the + terminfo data is not processed if we cannot handle -e (reported by + Steven Schwartz <steves@unitrends.com>. + + add test-driver traces to terminfo and termcap functions. + + provide support for termcap ospeed variable by copying it from the + internal cur_term member, and using ospeed as the baudrate reference + for the delay_output and tputs functions. If an application does not + set ospeed, the library behaves as before, except that _nc_timed_wait + is no longer used, or needed, since ospeed always has a value. But + the application can modify ospeed to adjust the output of padding + characters (from a bug report for screen 3.7.6 and email from Michael + Schroeder <Michael.Schroeder@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>). + + removed some unused ifdef's as part of Alexander's restructuring. + + reviewed/updated curses.h, term.h against X/Open Curses Issue 4 + Version 2. This includes making some parameters NCURSES_CONST + rather than const, e.g., in termcap.h. + + change linux terminfo entry to use ncv#2, since underline does not + work with color + +981226 + + miscellaneous corrections for curses.h to match XSI. + + change --enable-no-padding configure option to be normally enabled. + + add section to ncurses manpage for environment variables. + + investigated Debian bug report that pertains to screen 3.7.4/3.7.6 + changes, found no sign of problems on Linux (or on SunOS, Solaris) + running screen built with ncurses. + + check if tmp_fp is opened in tic.c before closing it (patch by Pavel + Roskin <pavel_roskin@geocities.com>). + + correct several font specification typos in man-pages. + +981220 + + correct default value for BUILD_CC (reported by Larry Virden). + +981219 + + modify _nc_set_writedir() to set a flag in _nc_tic_dir() to prevent + it from changing the terminfo directory after chdir'ing to it. + Otherwise, a relative path in $TERMINFO would confuse tic (from a + Debian bug report). + + correct/update ncsa terminfo entry (report by Larry Virden). + + update xterm-xfree86 terminfo to current (patch 90), smcur/rmcur + changes + + add Mathew Vernon's mach console entries to terminfo.src + + more changes, moving functions, as part of Alexander's restructuring. + + modify configure script for GNU/Hurd share-library support, introduce + BUILD_CC variable for cross compiling (patch by Uchiyama Yasushi + <uch@nop.or.jp>) + +981212 + + add environment variable NCURSES_NO_SETBUF to allow disabling the + setbuf feature, for testing purposes. + + correct ifdef's for termcap.h versus term.h that suppress redundant + declarations of prototypes (reported by H.J.Lu). + + modify Makefile.os2 to add linker flags which allow multiple copies + of an application to coexist (reported by Ilya Zakharevich). + + update Makefile.glibc and associated configure script so that ncurses + builds as a glibc add-on with the new directory configuration + (reported by H.J.Lu). + +981205 + + modify gen_reps() function in gen.c to work properly on SunOS + (sparc), which is a left-to-right architecture. + + modify relative_move and tputs to avoid an interaction with the + BSD-style padding. The relative_move function could produce a string + to replace on the screen which began with a numeric character, which + was then interpreted by tputs as padding. Now relative_move will not + generate a string with a leading digit in that case (overwrite). + Also, tputs will only interpret padding if the string begins with a + digit; as coded it permitted a string to begin with a decimal point + or asterisk (reported by Larry Virden). + > patches by Juergen Pfeifer: + + fix a typo in m_driver.c mouse handling and improves the error + handling. + + fix broken mouse handling in the Ada95 binding + + make the Ada95 sample application menus work with the new menu mouse + support + + improve the mouse handling introduced by Ilya; it now handles menus + with spacing. + + repair a minor bug in the menu_driver code discovered during this + rework. + + add new function wmouse_trafo() to hide implementation details of + _yoffset member of WINDOW struct needed for mouse coordinate + transformation. + +981128 + + modify Ada95/gen/gen.c to avoid using return-value of sprintf, since + some older implementations (e.g., SunOS 4.x) return the buffer + address rather than its length. + > patch by Rick Ohnemus: + + modify demo.cc to get it to compile with newer versions of egcs. + + trim a space that appears at the end of the table preprocessor lines + ('\" t). This space prevents some versions of man from displaying + the pages - changed to remove all trailing whitespace (TD) + + finally, 'make clean' does not remove panel objects. + > patches by Ilya Zakharevich: + + allow remapping of OS/2 mouse buttons using environment variable + MOUSE_BUTTONS_123 with the default value 132. + + add mouse support to ncurses menus. + +981121 + + modify misc/makedef.cmd to report old-style .def file symbols, and to + generate the .def files sorted by increasing names rather than the + reverse. + + add misc/*.ref which are J.J.G.Ripoll's dll definition files (renamed + from misc/*.old), and updated based on the entrypoint coding he used + for an older version of ncurses. + + add README.emx, to document how to build on OS/2 EMX. + + updates for config.guess, config.sub from Lynx + > patches by Ilya Zakharevich: + + minor fixes for mouse handling mode: + a) Do not initialize mouse if the request is to have no mouse; + b) Allow switching of OS/2 VIO mouse on and off. + + modify Makefile.os2 to support alternative means of generating + configure script, by translating Unix script with Perl. + > patches by Juergen Pfeifer: + + Updates MANIFEST to reflect changes in source structure + + Eliminates a problem introduced with my last patch for the C++ + binding in the panels code. It removes the update() call done in the + panel destructor. + + Changes in the Ada95 binding to better support systems where + sizeof(chtype)!=sizeof(int) (e.g. DEC Alpha). + +981114 + + modify install-script for manpages to skip over .orig and .rej files + (request by Larry Virden). + > patches/discussion by Alexander Lukyanov: + + move base-library sources into ncurses/base and tty (serial terminal) + sources into ncurses/tty, as part of Alexander Lukyanov's proposed + changes to ncurses library. + + copy _tracemouse() into ncurses.c so that lib_tracemse.c need not + be linked into the normal ncurses library. + + move macro winch to a function, to hide details of struct ldat + > patches by Juergen Pfeifer: + + fix a potential compile problem in cursesw.cc + + some Ada95 cosmetics + + fix a gen.c problem when compiling on 64-Bit machines + + fix Ada95/gen/Makefile.in "-L" linker switch + + modify Ada95 makefiles to use the INSTALL_PREFIX setting. + +981107 + + ifdef'd out lib_freeall.c when not configured. + + rename _tracebits() to _nc_tracebits(). + + move terminfo-library sources into ncurses/tinfo, and trace-support + functions into ncurses/trace as part of Alexander Lukyanov's proposed + changes to ncurses library. + + modify generated term.h to always specify its own definitions for + HAVE_TERMIOS_H, etc., to guard against inclusion by programs with + broken configure scripts. + +981031 + + modify terminfo parsing to accept octal and hexadecimal constants, + like Solaris. + + remove an autoconf 2.10 artifact from the configure script's check + for "-g" compiler options. (Though harmless, this confused someone + at Debian, who recently issued a patch that results in the opposite + effect). + + add configure option --with-ada-compiler to accommodate installations + that do not use gcc as the driver for GNAT (patch by Juergen + Pfeifer). + +981017 + + ensure ./man exists in configure script, needed when configuring + with --srcdir option. + + modify infocmp "-r" option to remove limit on formatted termcap + output, which makes it more like Solaris' version. + + modify captoinfo to treat no-argument case more like Solaris' + version, which uses the contents of $TERMCAP as the entry to format. + + modify mk-2nd.awk to handle subdirectories, e.g., ncurses/tty + (patch by Alexander V Lukyanov). + +981010 + + modify --with-terminfo-dirs option so that the default value is the + ${datadir} value, unless $TERMINFO_DIRS is already set. This gets + rid of a hardcoded list of candidate directories in the configure + script. + + add some error-checking to _nc_read_file_entry() to ensure that + strings are properly terminated (Todd C Miller). + + rename manpage file curs_scr_dmp.3x to curs_scr_dump.3x, to + correspond with contents (reported by Neil Zanella + <nzanella@cs.mun.ca>). + + remove redundant configure check for C++ which did not work when $CXX + was specified with a full pathname (reported by Andreas Jaeger). + + corrected bcopy/memmove check; the macro was not standalone. + +981003 + + remove unnecessary portion of OS/2 EMX mouse change from + check_pending() (reported by Alexander V Lukyanov). + +980926 + + implement mouse support for OS/2 EMX (adapted from patch against + 4.2(?) by Ilya Zakharevich). + + add configure-check for bcopy/memmove, for 980919 changes to hashmap. + + merge Data General terminfo from Hasufin <hasufin@vidnet.net> - TD + + merge AIX 3.2.5 terminfo descriptions for IBM terminals, replaces + some older entries - TD + + modify tic to compile into %'char' form in preference to %{number}, + since that is a little more efficient. + + minor correction to infocmp to avoid displaying "difference" between + two capabilities that are rendered in equivalent forms. + + add -g option to tic/infocmp to force character constants to be + displayed in quoted form. Otherwise their decimal values are shown. + + modify setupterm so that cancelled strings are treated the same as + absent strings, cancelled and absent booleans false (does not affect + tic, infocmp). + + modify tic, infocmp to discard redundant i3, r3 strings when output + to termcap format. + > patch by Alexander V Lukyanov: + + improve performance of tparm, now it takes 19% instead of 25% when + profiling worm. + + rename maxlen/minlen to prec/width for better readability. + + use format string for printing strings. + + use len argument correctly in save_text, and pass it to save_number. + +980919 + + make test_progs compile (but hashmap does not function). + + correct NC_BUFFERED macro, used in lib_mvcur test-driver, modify + associated logic to avoid freeing the SP->_setbuf data. + + add modules home_terminfo and getenv_num to libtinfo. + + move write_entry to libtinfo, to work with termcap caching. + + minor fixes to blue.c to build with atac. + + remove softscroll.c module; no longer needed for testing. + > patches by Todd C Miller: + + use strtol(3) instead of atoi(3) when parsing env variables so we can + detect a bogus (non-numeric) value. + + check for terminal names > MAX_NAME_SIZE in a few more places when + dealing with env variables again. + + fix a MAX_NAME_SIZE that should be MAX_NAME_SIZE+1 + + use sizeof instead of strlen(3) on PRIVATE_INFO since it is a fixed + string #define (compile time vs runtime). + + when setting errno to ENOMEM, set it right before the return, not + before code that could, possibly, set errno to a different value. + > patches by Alexander V Lukyanov: + + use default background in update_cost_from_blank() + + disable scroll-hints when hashmap is configured. + + improve integration of hashmap scrolling code, by adding oldhash and + newhash data to SP struct. + + invoke del_curterm from delscreen. + + modify del_curterm to set cur_term to null if it matches the + function's parameter which is deleted. + + modify lib_doupdate to prefer parm_ich to the enter_insert_mode and + exit_insert_mode combination, adjusting InsCharCost to check + enter_insert_mode, exit_insert_mode and insert_padding. Add + insert_padding in insert mode after each char. This adds new costs + to the SP struct. + +980912 + + modify test-driver in lib_mvcur.s to use _nc_setbuffer, for + consistent treatment. + + modify ncurses to restore output to unbuffered on endwin, and resume + buffering in refresh (see lib_set_term.c and NC_BUFFERED macro). + + corrected HTML version numbers (according to the W3C validator, they + never were HTML 2.0-compliant, but are acceptable 3.0). + +980905 + + modify MKterminfo.sh to generate terminfo.5 with tables sorted by + capability name, as in SVr4. + + modified term.h, termcap.h headers to avoid redundant declarations. + + change 'u_int' type in tset.c to unsigned, making this compile on + Sequent PRX 4.1 (reported by Michael Sterrett <msterret@coat.com>). + +980829 + + corrections to mailing addresses, and moving the magic line that + causes the man program to invoke tbl to the first line of each + manpage (patch by Rick Ohnemus <rick@ecompcon.com>). + + add Makefile.os2 and supporting scripts to generate dll's on OS/2 EMX + (from J.J.G.Ripoll, with further integration by TD). + + correct a typo in icl6404 terminfo entry. + + add xtermm and xtermc terminfo entries. + > from esr's terminfo version: + + Added Francesco Potorti's tuned Wyse 99 entries. + + dtterm enacs correction from Alexander V Lukyanov. + + Add ncsa-ns, ncsa-m-ns and ncsa-m entries from esr version. + +980822 + + document AT&T acs characters in terminfo.5 manpage. + + use EMX _scrsize() function if terminfo and environment do not + declare the screen size (reported by Ilya Zakharevich + <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>). + + remove spurious '\' characters from eterm and osborne terminfo + entries (prompted by an old Debian bug report). + + correct reversed malloc/realloc calls in _nc_doalloc (reported by + Hans-Joachim Widmaier <hjwidmai@foxboro.com>). + + correct misplaced parenthesis which caused file-descriptor from + opening termcap to be lost, from 980725 changes (reported by Andreas + Jaeger). + +980815 + + modify lib_setup.c to eliminate unneeded include of <sys/ioctl.h> + when termios is not used (patch by Todd C Miller). + + add function _nc_doalloc, to ensure that failed realloc calls do not + leak memory (reported by Todd C Miller). + + improved ncsa-telnet terminfo entry. + +980809 + + correct missing braces around a trace statement in read_entry.c, + from 980808 (reported by Kim DeVaughn <kimdv@best.com> and Liviu + Daia). + +980808 + + fix missing include <errno.h> in ditto.c (reported by Bernhard + Rosenkraenzer <bero@k5.sucks.eu.org>) + + add NCSA telnet terminfo entries from Francesco Potorti + <F.Potorti@cnuce.cnr.it>, from Debian bug reports. + + make handling of $LINES and $COLUMNS variables more compatible with + Solaris by allowing them to individually override the window size + as obtained via ioctl. + +980801 + + modify lib_vidattr.c to allow for terminal types (e.g., xterm-color) + which may reset all attributes in the 'op' capability, so that colors + are set before turning on bold and other attributes, but still after + turning attributes off. + + add 'ditto.c' to test directory to illustrate use of newterm for + initializing multiple screens. + + modify _nc_write_entry() to recover from failed attempt to link alias + for a terminfo on a filesystem which does not preserve character case + (reported by Peter L Jordan <PJordan@chla.usc.edu>). + +980725 + + updated versions of config.guess and config.sub based on automake 1.3 + + change name-comparisons in lib_termcap to compare no more than 2 + characters (gleaned from Debian distribution of 1.9.9g-8.8, verified + with Solaris curses). + + fix typo in curs_insstr.3x (patch by Todd C Miller) + + use 'access()' to check if ncurses library should be permitted to + open or modify files with fopen/open/link/unlink/remove calls, in + case the calling application is running in setuid mode (request by + Cristian Gafton <gafton@redhat.com>, responding to Duncan Simpson + <dps@io.stargate.co.uk>). + + arm100 terminfo entries from Dave Millen <dmill@globalnet.co.uk>). + + qnxt2 and minitel terminfo entries from esr's version. + +980718 + + use -R option with ldconfig on FreeBSD because otherwise it resets + the search path to /usr/lib (reported by Dan Nelson). + + add -soname option when building shared libraries on OpenBSD 2.x + (request by QingLong). + + add configure options --with-manpage-format and + --with-manpage-renames (request by QingLong). + + correct conversion of CANCELLED_NUMERIC in write_object(), which was + omitting the high-order byte, producing a 254 in the compiled + terminfo. + + modify return-values of tgetflag, tgetnum, tgetstr, tigetflag, + tigetnum and tigetstr to be compatible with Solaris (gleaned from + Debian distribution of 1.9.9g-8.8). + + modify _nc_syserr_abort to abort only when compiled for debugging, + otherwise simply exit with an error. + +980711 + + modify Ada95 'gen' program to use appropriate library suffix (e.g., + "_g" for a debug build). + + update Ada95 'make clean' rule to include generics .ali files + + add a configure test to ensure that if GNAT is found, that it can + compile/link working Ada95 program. + + flush output in beep and flash functions, fixing a problem with + getstr (patch by Alexander V Lukyanov) + + fix egcs 1.0.2 warning for etip.h (patch by Chris Johns). + + correct ifdef/brace nesting in lib_sprintf.c (patch by Bernhard + Rosenkraenzer <bero@Pool.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE>). + + correct typo in wattr_get macro from 980509 fixes (patch by Dan + Nelson). + +980704 + + merge changes from current XFree86 xterm terminfo descriptions. + + add configure option '--without-ada'. + + add a smart-default for termcap 'ac' to terminfo 'acs_chars' which + corresponds to vt100. + + change translation for termcap 'rs' to terminfo 'rs2', which is + the documented equivalent, rather than 'rs1'. + +980627 + + slow 'worm' down a little, for very fast machines. + + corrected firstchar/lastchar computation in lib_hline.c + + simplify some expressions with CHANGED_CELL, CHANGED_RANGE and + CHANGED_TO_EOL macros. + + modify init_pair so that if a color-pair is reinitialized, we will + repaint the areas of the screen whose color changes, like SVr4 curses + (reported by Christian Maurer <maurer@inf.fu-berlin.de>). + + modify getsyx/setsyx macros to comply with SVr4 man-page which + says that leaveok() affects their behavior (report by Darryl Miles, + patch by Alexander V Lukyanov). + +980620 + + review terminfo.5 against Solaris 2.6 curses version, corrected + several minor errors/omissions. + + implement tparm %l format. + + implement tparm printf-style width and precision for %s, %d, %x, %o + as per XSI. + + implement tparm dynamic variables (reported by Xiaodan Tang). + +980613 + + update man-page for for wattr_set, wattr_get (cf: 980509) + + correct limits in hashtest, which would cause nonprinting characters + to be written to large screens. + + correct configure script, when --without-cxx was specified: the + wrong variable was used for cf_cv_type_of_bool. Compilers up to gcc + 2.8 tolerated the missing 'int'. + + remove the hardcoded name "gcc" for the GNU Ada compiler. The + compiler's name might be something like "egcs" (patch by Juergen + Pfeifer). + + correct curs_addch.3x, which implied that echochar could directly + display control characters (patch by Alexander V Lukyanov). + + fix typos in ncurses-intro.html (patch by Sidik Isani + <isani@cfht.hawaii.edu>) + +980606 + + add configure test for conflicting use of exception in math.h and + other headers. + + minor optimization to 'hash()' function in hashmap.c, reduces its + time by 10%. + + correct form of LD_SHARED_OPTS for HP-UX 10.x (patch by Tim Mooney). + + fix missing quotes for 'print' in MKunctrl.awk script (reported by + Mihai Budiu <mihaib@gs41.sp.cs.cmu.edu>). + > patch by Alexander V Lukyanov: + + correct problem on Solaris (with poll() function) where getch could + hang indefinitely even if timeout(x) was called. This turned out to + be because milliseconds was not updated before 'goto retry' in + _nc_timed_wait. + + simplified the function _nc_timed_wait and fixed another bug, which + was the assumption of !GOOD_SELECT && HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY in *timeleft + assignment. + + removed the cycle on EINTR, as it seems to be useless. + +980530 + + add makefile-rule for test/keynames + + modify run_tic.sh and shlib to ensure that user's .profile does not + override the $PATH used to run tic (patch by Tim Mooney). + + restore LD_SHARED_OPTS to $(LD_SHARED_FLAGS) when linking programs, + needed for HP-UX shared-library path (recommended by Tim Mooney). + + remove special case of HP-UX -L options, use +b options to embed + $(libdir) in the shared libraries (recommended by Tim Mooney). + + add checks for some possible buffer overflows and unchecked + malloc/realloc/calloc/strdup return values (patch by Todd C Miller + <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>) + +980523 + + correct maxx/maxy expression for num_columns/num_lines in derwin + (patch by Alexander V Lukyanov). + + add /usr/share/lib/terminfo and /usr/lib/terminfo as compatibilty + fallbacks to _nc_read_entry(), along with --with-terminfo-dirs + configure option (suggested by Mike Hopkirk). + + modify config.guess to recognize Unixware 2.1 and 7 (patch by Mike + Hopkirk <hops@sco.com>). + + suppress definition of CC_SHARED_OPTS in LDFLAGS_SHARED in c++ + Makefile.in, since this conflicts when g++ is used with HP-UX + compiler (reported by Tim Mooney). + + parenthesize 'strcpy' calls in c++ binding to workaround redefinition + in some C++ implementations (reported by several people running + egcs with glibc 2.0.93, analysis by Andreas Jaeger. + +980516 + + modify write_entry.c so that it will not attempt to link aliases + with embedded '/', but give only a warning. + + put -L$(libdir) first when linking programs, except for HP-UX. + + modify comp_scan.c to handle SVr4 terminfo description for att477, + which contains a colon in the description field. + + modify configure script to support SCO osr5.0.5 shared libraries + (from comp.unix.sco.programmer newsgroup item by Mike Hopkirk + <hops@sco.com>). + + eliminate extra GoTo call in lib_doupdate.c (patch by Alexander V. + Lukyanov). + + minor adjustments of const/NCURSES_CONST from IRIX compile. + + add updates based on esr's 980509 version of terminfo.src. + +980509 + + correct macros for wattr_set, wattr_get, separate wattrset macro from + these to preserve behavior that allows attributes to be combined with + color pair numbers. + + add configure option --enable-no-padding, to allow environment + variable $NCURSES_NO_PADDING to eliminate non-mandatory padding, + thereby making terminal emulators (e.g., for vt100) a little more + efficient (request by Daniel Eisenbud <eisenbud@cs.swarthmore.edu>). + + modify configure script to embed ABI in shared libraries for HP-UX + 10.x (detailed request by Tim Mooney). + + add test/example of the 'filter()' function. + + add nxterm and xterm-color terminfo description (request by Cristian + Gafton <gafton@redhat.com>). + + modify rxvt terminfo description to clear alternate screen before + switching back to normal screen, for compatibility with applications + which use xterm (reported by Manoj Kasichainula <manojk@io.com>). + + modify linux terminfo description to reset color palette (reported + by Telford Tendys <telford@eng.uts.edu.au>). + + correction to doupdate, for case where terminal does not support + insert/delete character. The logic did not check that there was a + difference in alignment of changes to old/new screens before + repainting the whole non-blank portion of the line. Modified to fall + through into logic that reduces by the portion which does not differ + (reported by Daniel Eisenbud <eisenbud@cs.swarthmore.edu>). + + minor performance improvement to wnoutrefresh by moving some + comparisons out of inner loop. + +980425 + + modify configure script to substitute NCURSES_CONST in curses.h + + updated terminfo entries for xterm-xf86-v40, xterm-16color, + xterm-8bit to correspond to XFree86 3.9Ag. + + remove restriction that forces ncurses to use setaf/setab if the + number of colors is greater than 8. (see 970524 for xterm-16color). + + change order of -L options (so that $(libdir) is searched first) when + linking tic and other programs, to workaround HP's linker. + Otherwise, the -L../lib is embedded when linking against shared + libraries and the installed program does not run (reported by Ralf + Hildebrandt). + + modify configuration of shared libraries on Digital Unix so that + versioning is embedded in the library, rather than implied by + links (patch by Tim Mooney). + +980418 + + modify etip.h to avoid conflict with math.h on HP-UX 9.03 with gcc + 2.8.1 which redefines 'exception' (reported by Ralf Hildebrandt + <R.Hildebrandt@tu-bs.de>). + + correct configure tests in CF_SHARED_OPTS which used $CC value to + check for gcc, rather than autoconf's $GCC value. This did not + work properly if the full pathname of the compiler were given + (reported by Michael Yount <yount@csf.Colorado.edu>). + + revise check for compiler options to force ANSI mode since repeating + an option such as -Aa causes HP's compiler to fail on its own headers + (reported by Clint Olsen <olsenc@ichips.intel.com>). + +980411 + + ifdef'd has_key() and mcprint() as extended functions. + + modified several prototypes to correspond with 1997 version of + X/Open Curses (affects ABI since developers have used attr_get). + + remove spurious trailing blanks in glibc addon-scripts (patch by + H.J.Lu). + + insert a few braces at locations where gcc-2.8.x asks to use them to + avoid ambigous else's, use -fpic rather than -fPIC for Linux (patch + by Juergen Pfeifer). + +980404 + + split SHLIB_LIST into SHLIB_DIRS/SHLIB_LIST to keep -L options + before -l to accommodate Solaris' linker (reported by Larry Virden). + +980328 + + modify lib_color.c to eliminate dependency on orig_colors and + orig_pair, since SVr4 curses does not require these either, but + uses them when they are available. + + add detailed usage-message to infocmp. + + correct a typo in att6386 entry (a "%?" which was "?"). + + add -f option to infocmp and tic, which formats the terminfo + if/then/else/endif so that they are readable (with newlines and + tabs). + + fixes for glibc addon scripts (patch by H.J.Lu). + +980321 + + revise configure macro CF_SPEED_TYPE so that termcap.h has speed_t + declared (from Adam J. Richter <adam@yggdrasil.com>) + + remove spurious curs_set() call from leaveok() (J.T.Conklin). + + corrected handling leaveok() in doupdate() (patch by Alexander V. + Lukyanov). + + improved version of wredrawln (patch by Alexander V. Lukyanov). + + correct c++/Makefile.in so install target do not have embedded ../lib + to confuse it (patch by Thomas Graf <graf@essi.fr>). + + add warning to preinstall rule which checks if the installer would + overwrite a curses.h or termcap.h that is not derived from ncurses. + (The recommended configuration for developers who need both is to + use --disable-overwrite). + + modify preinstall rule in top-level Makefile to avoid implicit + use of 'sh', to accommodate Ultrix 4.4 (reported by Joao Palhoto + Matos <jmatos@math.ist.utl.pt>, patch by Thomas Esser + <te@informatik.uni-hannover.de>) + + refine ifdef's for TRACE so that libncurses has fewer dependencies + on libtinfo when TRACE is disabled. + + modify configure script so that if the --with-termlib option is used + to generate a separate terminfo library, we chain it to the ncurses + library with a "-l" option (reported by Darryl Miles and Ian T. + Zimmerman). + +980314 + + correct limits and window in wredrawln function (reported/analysis by + Alexander V. Lukyanov). + + correct sed expression in configure script for --with-fallback + option (patch by Jesse Thilo). + + correct some places in configure script where $enableval was used + rather than $withval (patch by Darryl Miles <dlm@g7led.demon.co.uk>). + + modify some man-pages so no '.' or '..' falls between TH and SH + macros, to accommodate man_db program (reported by Ian T. Zimmerman + <itz@rahul.net>). + + terminfo.src 10.2.1 from Eric's webpage. + > several changes by Juergen Pfeifer: + + add copyright notices (and rcs id's) on remaining man-pages. + + corrected prototypes for slk_* functions, using chtype rather than + attr_t. + + implemented the wcolor_set() and slk_color() functions + + the slk_attr_{set,off,on} functions need an additional void* + parameter according to XSI. + + fix the C++ and Ada95 binding as well as the man pages to + reflect above enhancements. + +980307 + + use 'stat()' rather than 'access()' in toe.c to check for the + existence of $HOME/.terminfo, since it may be a file. + + suppress configure CF_CXX_LIBRARY check if we are not using g++ + 2.7.x, since this is not needed with g++ 2.8 or egcs (patch by + Juergen Pfeifer). + + turn on hashmap scrolling code by default, intend to remedy defects + by 4.3 release. + + minor corrections to terminfo.src changelog. + +980302 4.2 release for upload to prep.ai.mit.edu + + correct Florian's email address in ncurses-intro.html + + terminfo.src 10.2.0 from Eric. + +980228 pre-release + + add linux-koi8r replace linux-koi8, which is not KOI8 (patch by + QingLong <qinglong@Bolizm.ihep.su>). + + minor documentation fixes (patch by Juergen Pfeifer). + + add setlocale() call to ncurses.c (reported by Claes G. Lindblad + <claesg@algonet.se>). + + correct sign-extension in lib_insstr.c (reported by Sotiris + Vassilopoulos <svas@leon.nrcps.ariadne-t.gr>) + +980221 pre-release + + regenerated some documentation overlooked in 980214 patch + (ncurses-intro.doc, curs_outopts.3x.html) + + minor ifdef change to C++ binding to work with gcc 2.8.0 (patch by + Juergen Pfeifer). + + change maintainer's mailing address to florian@gnu.org, change + tentative mailing list address to bug-ncurses-request@gnu.org (patch + by Florian La Roche). + + add definition of $(REL_VERSION) to c++/Makefile.in (reported by Gran + Hasse <gh@raditex.se>). + + restore version numbers to Ada95 binding, accidentally deleted by + copyright patch (patch by Juergen Pfeifer). + +980214 pre-release + + remove ncurses.lsm from MANIFEST so that it won't be used in FSF + distributions, though it is retained in development. + + correct scaling of milliseconds to nanoseconds in lib_napms.c (patch + by Jeremy Buhler). + + update mailing-list information (bug-ncurses@gnu.org). + + update announcement for upcoming 4.2 release. + + modify -lm test to check for 'sin()' rather than 'floor()' + + remove spurious commas from terminfo.src descriptions. + + change copyright notices to Free Software Foundation + +980207 + + minor fixes for autoconf macros CF_ERRNO, CF_HELP_MESSAGE and + CF_SIZECHANGE + + modify Makefile.glibc so that $(objpfx) is defined (H.J.Lu). + + ifdef-out true-return from _nc_mouse_inline() which depends on + merge of QNX patch (pending 4.2 release). + > patch by J.T.Conklin, to split off seldom-used modules in ncurses + (reduces size by up to 2.6kb): + + move functionality of _nc_usleep into napms, add configuration case + for nanosleep(). + + moved wchgat() from lib_addch.c to lib_chgat.c + + moved clearok(), immedok(), leaveok(), and scrollok() from + lib_options.c to lib_clearok.c, lib_immedok.c, lib_leaveok.c and + lib_scrollok.c. + + moved napms() from lib_kernel.c to lib_napms.c + + moved echo() and noecho() from lib_raw.c to lib_echo.c + + moved nl() and nonl() from lib_raw.c to lib_nl.c + +980131 + + corrected conversion in tclock.c (cf: 971018). + + updates to Makefile.glibc and associated Linux configure script + (patch by H.J.Lu). + + workaround a quoting problem on SunOS with tar-copy.sh + + correct init_pair() calls in worm.c to work when use_default_colors() + is not available. + + include <sys/types.h> in CF_SYS_TIME_SELECT to work with FreeBSD + 2.1.5 + + add ncv capability to FreeBSD console (cons25w), making reverse + work with color. + + correct sense of configure-test for sys/time.h inclusion with + sys/select.h + + fixes for Ada95/ada_include/Makefile.in to work with --srcdir option. + + remove unused/obsolete test-program rules from progs/Makefile.in + (the rules in ncurses/Makefile.in work). + + remove shared-library loader flags from test/Makefile.in, etc. + + simplify test/configure.in using new version of autoconf to create + test/ncurses_cfg.h + + suppress suffix rules in test/Makefile.in, provide explicit + dependency to work with --srcdir option and less capable 'make' + programs. + > adapted from patch for QNX by Xiaodan Tang: + + initialize %P and %g variables set/used in tparm, and also ensure + that empty strings don't return a null result from tparam_internal + + add QNX-specific prototype for vsscanf() + + move initialization of SP->_keytry from init_keytry() to newterm() to + avoid resetting it via a keyok() call by mouse_activate(). + + reorganized some functions in lib_mouse() to use case-statements. + + remove sgr string from qnx terminfo entry since it is reported to + turn off attributes inconsistently. + +980124 + + add f/F/b/B commands to ncurses 'b' test to toggle colors, providing + test for no_color_video. + + adjusted emx.src to use no_color_video, now works with ncurses 'b' + and 'k' tests. + + implement no_color_video attribute, and as a special case, reverse + colors when the reverse attribute cannot be combined with color. + + check for empty string in $TERM variable (reported by Brett Michaels + <brett@xylan.com>). + > from reports by Fred Fish: + + add configure-test for isascii + + add configure-test for -lm library. + + modify CF_BOOL_SIZE to check if C++ bool types are unsigned. + > patches by J.J.G.Ripoll + + add configure/makefile variables to support .exe extension on + OS/2 EMX (requires additional autoconf patches). + + explicitly initialize variables in lib_data.c to appease OS/2 linker + > patches by Fred Fish <fnf@ninemoons.com> + + misc/Makefile.in (install.data): Avoid trying to install the CVS + directory. + + aclocal.m4 (install.includes): Remove files in the include directory + where we are going to install new ones, not the original source + files. + + misc/terminfo.src: Add entry for "beterm", derived from termcap + distributed with BeOS PR2 using captoinfo. + + aclocal.m4: Wrap $cf_cv_type_of_bool with quotes (contains space) + + aclocal.m4: Assume bool types are unsigned. + + progs/infocmp.c: workaround mwcc 32k function data limit + +980117 + + correct initialization of color-pair (from 970524) in xmas.c, which + was using only one color-pair for all colors (reported by + J.J.G.Ripoll). + + add multithread options for objects build on EMX, for compatibility + with XFree86. + + split up an expression in MKlib_gen.sh to work around a problem on + OS/2 EMX, with 'ash' (patch by J.J.G.Ripoll). + + change terminfo entries xterm (xterm-xf86-v40), xterm-8bit rs1 to use + hard reset. + + rename terminfo entry xterm-xf86-v39t to xterm-xf86-v40 + + remove bold/underline from sun console entries since they're not + implemented. + + correct _tracef calls in _tracedump(), which did not separate format + from parameters. + + correct getopt string for tic "-o" option, and add it to man-page + synopsis (reported by Darren Hiebert <darren@hmi.com>). + + correct typo in panel/Makefile.in, reversed if-statement in scrolling + optimization (Alexander V. Lukyanov). + + test for 'remove()', use 'unlink() if not found (patch by Philippe De + Muyter <phdm@macqel.be>). + > patches by Juergen Pfeifer: + + Improve a feature of the forms driver. For invisible fields + (O_VISIBLE off) only the contents but not the attributes are cleared. + We now clear both. (Reported by Javier Kohan + <jkohan@adan.fceia.unr.edu.ar>) + + The man page form_field_opts.3x makes now clear, that invisible + fields are also always inactive. + + adjust ifdef's to compile the C++ binding with the just released + gcc-2.8.0 c++ and the corresponding new C++ libraries. + +980110 + + correct "?" command in ncurses.c; it was performing non-screen writes + while the program was in screen mode. (It "worked" in 1.9.9e because + that version sets OPOST and OCRNL incorrectly). + + return error from functions in lib_kernel, lib_raw and lib_ti if + cur_term is null, or if underlying I/O fails. + + amend change to tputs() so that it does not return an error if + cur_term is null, since some applications depend on being able to use + tputs without initializing the terminal (reported by Christian J. + Robinson <infynity@cyberhighway.net>). + +980103 + + add a copy of emx.src from J.J.G.Ripoll's OS/2 EMX version of ncurses + 1.9.9e, together with fixes/additions for the "ansi" terminal type. + + add tic check for save/restore cursor if change_scroll_region is + defined (from O'Reilly book). + + modify read_termcap.c to handle EMX-style pathnames (reported by + J.J.G.Ripoll). + + modify lib_raw.c to use EMX's setmode (from J.J.G.Ripoll, who says + EMX's curses does this). + + modify _nc_tic_expand() to generate \0 rather than \200. + + move/revise 'expand()' from dump_entry.c to ncurses library as + _nc_tic_expand(), for use by tack. + + decode \a as \007 for terminfo, as per XSI. + + correct translation of terminfo "^@", to \200, like \0. + + modify next_char() to treat <cr><lf> the same as <newline>, for + cross-platform compatibility. + + use new version of autoconf (971230) to work around limited + environment on CLIX, due to the way autoconf builds --help message. + > patch by Juergen Pfeifer: + + check that the Ada95 binding runs against the correct version of + ncurses. + + insert constants about the library version into the main spec-file of + the Ada95 binding. + +971227 + + modify open/fopen calls to use binary mode, needed for EMX. + + modify configure script to work with autoconf 2.10 mods for OS/2 + EMX from J.J.G.Ripoll. + + generated ncurses_cfg.h with patch (971222) to autoconf 2.12 which + bypasses limited sed buffer length. + > several changes from Juan Jose Garcia Ripoll <worm@arrakis.es> + (J.J.G.Ripoll) to support OS/2 EMX: + + add a _scrolling flag to SP, to set when we encounter a terminal + that simply cannot scroll. + + corrected logic in _nc_add_to_try(), by ensuring that strings with + embedded \200 characters are matched. + + don't assume the host has 'link()' function, for linking terminfo + entries. + +971220 + + if there's no ioctl's to support sigwinch handler, disable it. + + add configure option --disable-ext-funcs to remove the extended + functions from the build. + + add configure option --with-termlib to generate the terminfo + functions as a separate library. + + add 'sources' rule to facilitate cross-compiling. + + review/fix order of mostlyclean/clean/distclean rules. + + modify install-rule for headers to first remove old header, in + case there was a symbolic link that confuses the install script. + + corrected substitution for NCURSES_CONST in term.h (cf: 971108) + + add null pointer checks in wnoutrefresh(), overlap() (patch by + Xiaodan Tang <xtang@qnx.com>) + + correct tputs(), which could dereference a null cur_term if invoked + before terminal is initialized (patch by Christopher Seawood + <cls@seawood.org>) + > patch by Juergen Pfeifer: + + makes better use of "pragma Inline" in the Ada95 binding + + resynchronizes the generated html manpages + +971213 + + additional fixes for man-pages section-references + + add (for debugging) a check for ich/ich1 conflict with smir/rmir + to tic, etc. + + remove hpa/vpa from rxvt terminal description because they are not + implemented correctly, added sgr0. + + change ncurses 's' to use raw mode, so ^Q works (reported by Rudolf + Leitgeb <leitgeb@leland.stanford.edu>) + +971206 + + modify protection when installing libraries to (normally) not + executable. HP-UX shared libraries are an exception. + + add configure check for 'tack'. + + implement script for renaming section-references in man-page install, + for Debian configuration. + + add validity-check for SP in trace code in baudrate() (reported by + Daniel Weaver). + > patch by Alexander V. Lukyanov (fixes to match sol25 curses) + + modify 'overlay()' so that copy applies target window background to + characters. + + correct 'mvwin()' so that it does not clear the previous locations. + + correct lib_acs.c so that 8-bit character is not sign expanded in + case of wide characters in chtype. + + correct control-char test in lib_addch.c for use with wide chars + + use attribute in the chtype when adding a control character in + lib_addch.c control char was added with current attribute + +971129 + + save/restore errno in _tracef() function + + change treatment of initialize_color to use a range of 0..1000 + (recommended by Daniel Weaver). + + set umask in mkinstalldirs, fixing problems reported by users who + have set root's umask to 077. + + correct bug in tic that caused capabilities to be reprinted at the + end of output when they had embedded comments. + + rewrote wredrawln to correspond to XSI, and split-out since it is + not often used (from report by Alexander V. Lukyanov, 970825) + + rewrote Dan Nelson's change to make it portable, as well as to + correct logic for handling backslashes. + + add code to _nc_tgetent() to make it work more like a real tgetent(). + It removes all empty fields, and removes all but the first in a group + of duplicate caps. The code was pulled from the BSD libtermcap code + in termcap.c (patch by Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com> + + don't include --enable-widec in the --with-develop configure option, + since it is not binary-compatible with 4.1 (noted by Alexander V. + Lukyanov) + > patch by Juergen Pfeifer: + + further improvements of the usage of elaboration pragmas in the Ada95 + binding + + enhanced Ada95 sample to use the user_data mechanism for panels. + + a fix for the configuration script to make gnat-3.10 the required + version. + + resync of the html version of the manpages + +971122 + > fixes/updates for terminfo.src: + + add vt220-js, pilot, rbcomm, datapoint entries from esr's 27-jun-97 + version. + + add hds200 description (Walter Skorski) + + add EMX 0.9b descriptions + + correct rmso/smso capabilities in wy30-mc and wy50-mc (Daniel Weaver) + + rename xhpterm back to hpterm. + > patch by Juergen Pfeifer: + + Improves the usage of elaboration pragmas for the Ada95 binding. + + Adds a translation of the test/rain.c into Ada95 to the samples. + This has been contributed to the project by Laurent Pautet + (pautet@gnat.com) + +971115 + + increase MAX_NAME_SIZE to 512 to handle extremely long alias list + in HP-UX terminfo. + + correction & simplification of delay computation in tputs, based on + comments from Daniel Weaver. + + replace test for SCO with more precise header tests. + + add configure test for unsigned literals, use in NCURSES_BITS macro. + + comment-out the -PIC, etc., flags from c++, progs and test makefiles + since they probably are not needed, and are less efficient (noted by. + Ju"rgen Fluk) + + add -L$(libdir) to loader options, after -L../lib so that loaders + that record this information will tend to do the right thing if + the programs are moved around after installing them (suggested by. + Ju"rgen Fluk). + + add -R option to loader options for programs for Solaris if the + --enable-rpath option is specified for the libraries. + +971112 + + correct installed filename for shared libraries on *BSD (reported by + Ju"rgen Fluk). + +971108 + + cleanup logic for deciding when tputs() should call delay_output(), + based on comments from Daniel Weaver. + + modified tputs() to avoid use of float. + + correct use of trailpad in tputs(), which used the wrong variable + in call to delay_output(). + + correct inverted expression for null-count in delay_output() + (analysis by Daniel Weaver). + + apply --enable-rpath option to Solaris (requested by Larry Virden). + + correct substitution of EXTRA_CFLAGS for gcc 2.6.3 + + correct check for error-return by _nc_tgetent(), which returns 0 + for success. + + add configure test for BSD 4.4 cgetent() function, modify + read_termcap.c to use the host's version of that if found, using the + terminal database on FreeBSD (reported by Peter Wemm). + + add u8, u9 strings to sun-il description for Daniel Weaver. + + use NCURSES_CONST in panel's user-pointer. + + modify edit_cfg.sh and MKterm.h.awk.in to substitute NCURSES_CONST + so that will work on NeXT. + + use _nc_set_screen() rather than assignments to SP to fix port to + NeXT (reported by Francisco A. Tomei Torres). + +971101 + + force mandatory padding in bell and flash_screen, as specified in + XSI. + + don't allow padding_baud_rate to override mandatory delays (reported + by Daniel Weaver). + + modify delay_output() to use _nc_timed_wait() if no baudrate has been + defined, or if the cur_term pointer is not initialized. XSI treats + this as unspecified. (requested by Daniel Weaver). + + change getcap-cache ifdef's to eliminate unnecessary chdir/mkdir + when that feature is not configured. + + remove _nc_err_abort() calls when write_entry.c finds a directory but + cannot write to it, e.g., when translating part/all of /etc/termcap + (reported by Andreas Jaeger <aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de>). + (this dates back to 951102, in 1.9.7a). + + minor ifdef fixes to compile with atac and glibc 2.0.5c + + add check for -lgen when configuring regexpr.h + + modify Solaris shared-library option "-d y" to "-dy" to workaround + incompatibility of gcc 2.7.2 vs vendor's tools. + +971026 + + correct ifdef's for struct winsize vs struct ttysize in lib_setup.c + to compile on SCO. + + remove dangling backslash in panel/Makefile.in + + modify MKkeyname.awk to work with SCO's nawk, which dumps core in the + length() function. + + correct length of allocation in _nc_add_to_try(), to allow for + trailing null. + + correct logic in _nc_remove_key(), which was discarding too many + nodes (patch by Alexander V. Lukyanov) + +971025 + + add definition for $(REL_VERSION) to test/Makefile.in, so *BSD + shared libraries link properly (see 970524). + + modify Linux shared-library generation to include library + dependencies (e.g., -lncurses and -lgpm) in the forms, menu and + panel libraries (suggested by Juergen Pfeifer). + + modify configure script to use config.guess and config.sub rather + than uname, which is unreliable on some systems. + + updated Makefile.glibc, test-built with glibc 2.0.5c + + modify keyname() to return values consistent with SVr4 curses (patch + by Ju"rgen Fluk). + > changes requested by Daniel Weaver: + + modify delay_output() so that it uses the same output function as + tputs() if called from that function. + + move _baudrate from SCREEN to TERMINAL so that low-level use of + tputs works when SP is not set. + > patch by Juergen Pfeifer: + + factor lib_menu and lib_form into smaller modules + + clean up the interface between panel and SCREEN + + minor changes to the Ada95 mouse support implemenation + + minor bugfix in C++ binding to ripoff windows + + fix a few Ada95 html documentation pages + +971018 + + split-out lib_ungetch.c, make runtime link to resizeterm() to + decouple those modules from lib_restart.c + + add xterm-xf86-v39t description to terminfo.src + + reset SP->_endwin in lib_tstp.c cleanup() function after calling + endwin() to avoid unnecessary repainting if the application has + established an atexit function, etc. Encountered this problem in + the c++ demo, whose destructors repaint the screen. + + combine _nc_get_screensize() and resizeterm() calls as new function + _nc_update_screensize(). + + minor fixes to allow compile with g++ (suggested by Nelson H. F. + Beebe). + + implement install-rules for Ada95 makefiles. + + use screen_lines or MAXLINES as needed where LINES was coded, + as well as screen_columns for COLS, in the ncurses library. + > patch by Alexander V. Lukyanov: + + modify logic for ripped-off lines to handle several SCREENs. + > patch by Juergen Pfeifer: + + factors lib_slk.c into some smaller modules + + factors panel.c into some smaller modules + + puts the static information about the current panel stack into the + SCREEN structure to allow different panel stacks on different + screens. + + preliminary fix for an error adjusting LINES to account for + ripped-off lines. + +971011 + + move _nc_max_click_interval and other mouse interface items to SCREEN + struct so that they are associated with a single terminal, and also + save memory when the application does not need a mouse (roughly 3k vs + 0.5k on Linux). + + modify mouseinterval() so that a negative parameter queries the + click-interval without modifying it. + + modify ncurses 'i' test to work with ncurses' apparent extension from + SVr4, i.e., allows nocbreak+noecho (analysis by Alexander V. + Lukyanov). + + add configure options --with-ada-includes and --with-ada-objects, + to drive Ada95 binding install (not yet implemented). + + install C++ binding as -lncurses++ and associated headers with the + other ncurses headers. + + fix header uninstall if configure --srcdir is used. + > minor interface changes (request by Daniel Weaver <danw@znyx.com>, + to support 'tack' program): + + export functions _nc_trans_string() and _nc_msec_cost(). + + add variable _nc_nulls_sent, to record the number of padding + characters output in delay_output(). + + move tests for generic_type and hard_copy terminals in setupterm() + to the end of that function so that the library will still be + initialized, though not generally useful for curses programs. + > patches by Alexander V. Lukyanov: + + modify ClrBottom() to avoid using clr_eos if there is only one line + to erase. + + typo in configure --help. + > patch by J.T.Conklin (with minor resync against Juergen's changes) + + split-out lib_flash.c from lib_beep.c + + split-out lib_hline.c and lib_vline.c from lib_box.c + + split-out lib_wattron.c, lib_wattroff.c from lib_addch.c + +971005 + > patch by Juergen Pfeifer: + + correct source/target of c++/edit_cfg.sh + +971004 + + add color, mouse support to kterm terminfo entry. + + modify lib_mouse.c to recognize rxvt, kterm, color_xterm also as + providing "xterm"-style mouse. + + updated rxvt's terminfo description to correspond to 2.21b, with + fixes for the acsc (the box1 capability is incorrect, ech1 does not + work). + + fix logic in parse_entry.c that discarded acsc when 'synthesizing' + an entry from equivalents in XENIX or AIX. This lets ncurses handle + the distribution copy of rxvt's terminfo. + + modify acsc capability for linux and linux-koi8 terminfo descriptions + (from Pavel Roskin <pavel@absolute.spb.su>). + + corrected definition in curses.h for ACS_LANTERN, which was 'I' + rather than 'i' (see 970802). + + updated terminfo.src with reformatted acsc entries, and repaired the + trashed entries with spurious '\' characters that this exposed. + + add logic to dump_entry.c to reformat acsc entries into canonical + form (sorted, unique mapping). + + add configure script to generate c++/etip.h + + add configure --with-develop option, to enable by default most of the + experimental options (requested by Alexander V. Lukyanov). + + rename 'deinstall' to 'uninstall', following GNU convention + (suggested by Alexander V. Lukyanov). + > patches by Alexander V. Lukyanov: + + modify tactics 2 and 5 in onscreen_mvcur(), to allow them on the last + line of the screen, since carriage return will not cause a newline. + + remove clause from PutCharLR() that would try to use + eat_newline_glitch since that apparently does not work on some + terminals (e.g., M$ telnet). + + correct a limit check in scroll_csr_backward() + > patches by Juergen Pfeifer: + + adds dummy implementations of methods above() and below() to the + NCursesPanel class. + + fixes missing returncode in NCursesWindow::ripoffline() + + fixes missing returncode in TestApplication::run() in demo.cc + + We should at least give a comment in etip.h why it is currently a + problem to install the C++ binding somewhere + + makes the WINDOW* argument of wenclose() a const. + + modifies several of the routines in lib_adabind.c to use a const + WINDOW* argument. + +970927 + + add 'deinstall' rules. + + use explicit assignments in configure --without-progs option to + work around autoconf bug which doesn't always set $withval. + + check for ldconfig, don't try to run it if not found. + + implement simple/unoptimized case in lib_doupdate.c to handle + display with magic cookie glitch, tested with ncurses.c program. + + correct missing _tracef in getmouse(), to balance the returnCode + macro. + + simplify show_attr() in ncurses.c using termattrs(). + > patches by Juergen Pfeifer: + + provides missing inlines for mvw[hv]line in cursesw.h of the C++ + binding + + fixes a typo in a comment of frm_driver.c + + Enhances Ada95 Makefiles to fulfill the requirement of GNAT-3.10 that + generics should be compiled. Proper fixes to the configuration + scripts are also provided. + +970920 + + several modifications to the configure script (requested by Ward + Horner): + + add configure options --without-progs, to suppress the build of the + utility programs, e.g., for cross-compiling. + + add $(HOSTCCFLAGS) and $(HOSTLDFLAGS) symbols to ncurses + Makefile.in, to simplify setup for cross compiling. + + add logic in configure script to recognize "--target=vxworks", and + generate load/install actions for VxWorks objects. + + move typedef for sigaction_t into SigAction.h to work around problem + generating lint library. + + modify fty_regex.c to reflect renaming of ifdef's for regular + expressions. + + simplify ifdef in lib_setup.c for TIOCGWINSZ since that symbol may + reside in <sys/ioctl.h>. + + merge testcurs.c with version from PDCurses 2.3, clarifying some of + the more obscure tests, which rely upon color. + + use macros getbegyx() and getmaxyx() in newdemo.c and testcurs.c + + modify ncurses.c to use getbegyx() and getmaxyx() macros to cover up + implementation difference wrt SVr4 curses, allow 's' test to work. + + add missing endwin() to testscanw.c program (reported by Fausto + Saporito <fausap@itb.it>). + + fixes/updates for Makefile.glibc and related files under sysdeps + (patch by H.J.Lu). + > patches by Juergen Pfeifer: + + add checks for null pointers, especially WINDOW's throughout the + ncurses library. + + solve a problem with wrong calculation of panel overlapping (reported + by Ward Horner): + + make sure that a panel's window isn't a pad. + + do more error checking in module lib_touch.c + + missing files for Ada95 binding from the last patch + + synch. of generated html pages (RCS-Id's were wrong in html files) + + support for Key_Resize in Ada binding + + changed documentation style in ./c++/cursesm.h + > patches by Alexander V. Lukyanov: + + undo attempt to do recursive inlining for PutChar(), noting that it + did not improve timing measurably, but inflated the size of + lib_doupdate.o + +970913 + + modify rain.c to use color. + + correct scroll_csr_backward() to match scroll_csr_forward(). + + minor adjustment to llib-lncurses, to work with Solaris 2.5.1 + + minor fixes to sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/configure to reflect renaming + of configure cache variables in 970906. + + correct logic involving changes to O_VISIBLE option in + Synchronize_Options function in frm_driver.c (Tony Hoffmann + <Tony.Hoffmann@hia.nrc.ca>) + + add $(HOSTCC) symbol to ncurses Makefile.in, to simplify setup for + cross compiling (suggested by Chris Johns). + + modify ifdef in lib_setup.c to only include <sys/ioctl.h> if we can + use it to support screen-size calculation (reported by Chris Johns). + + #undef unctrl to avoid symbol conflict in port to RTEMS (reported by + Chris Johns <cjohns@plessey.com.au>) + > patches by Juergen Pfeifer: + + simplified, made minor corrections to Ada95 binding to form + fieldtype. + + The C++ binding has been enhanced: + + Improve NCursesWindow class: added additional methods to cover + more ncurses functionality. Make refresh() and noutrefresh() + virtual members to allow different implementation in the + NCursesPanel class. + + CAUTION: changed order of parameters in vline() and hline() of + NCursesWindow class. + + Make refresh() in NCursesPanel non-static, it is now a + reimplementation of refresh() in the base class. Added + noutrefresh() to NCursesPanel. + + Added NCursesForm and related classes to support libform + functionality. + + Moved most of configuration related stuff from cursesw.h to etip.h + + Added NCursesApplication class to support easy configuration of + menu and forms related attributes as well as ripped of title lines + and Soft-Label-Keys for an application. + + Support of Auto-Cleanup for a menu's fieldlist. + + Change of return type for current_item() and operator[] for menus. + + Enhanced demo. + + Fixed a bug in form/fld_def.c: take into account that copyarg and + freearg for a fieldtype may be NULL, makearg must not be NULL + + Fixed a bug in form/fld_type.c: in set_fieldtype_arg() makearg must + not be NULL, copyarg and freearg may be NULL. + + Fixed a bug in form/frm_def.c: Allow Disconnect_Fields() if it is + already disconnected. + + Enhance form/frm_driver.c: Allow growth of dynamic fields also on + navigation requests. + + Fixed a bug in form/fty_enum.c: wrong position of postincrement in + case-insensitiva comparision routine. + + Enhanced form/lib_adabind.c with function _nc_get_field() to get a + forms field by index. + + Enhanced menu/m_adabind.c with function _nc_get_item() to get a menus + item by index. + + Fixed in curses.h.in: make chtype argument for pechochar() constant. + Mark wbkgdset() as implemented, remove wbkgdset macro, because it was + broken (didn't handle colors correctly). + + Enhanced lib_mouse.c: added _nc_has_mouse() function + + Added _nc_has_mouse() prototype to curses.priv.h + + Modified lib_bkgd.c: hopefully correct implementation of wbkgdset(); + streamlined implementation of wbkgd() + + Modified lib_mvwin.c: Disable move of a pad. Implement (costly) + move of subwindows. Fixed update behaviour of movements of regular + windows. + + Fixed lib_pad.c: make chtype argument of pechochar() const. + + Fixed lib_window.c: dupwin() is not(!) in every bit a really clone + of the original. Subwindows become regular windows by doing a + dupwin(). + + Improved manpage form_fieldtype.3x + > patches by Alexander V. Lukyanov: + + simplify the PutChar() handling of exit_am_mode, because we already + know that auto_right_margin is true. + + add a check in PutChar() for ability to insert to the case of + shifting character to LR corner. + + in terminal initialization by _nc_screen_resume(), make sure that + terminal right margin mode is known. + + move logic that invokes touchline(), or does the equivalent, into + _nc_scroll_window(). + + modify scrolling logic use of insert/delete line capability, assuming + that they affect the screen contents only within the current + scrolling region. + + modify rain.c to demonstrate SIGWINCH handler. + + remove logic from getch() that would return an ERR if the application + called getch() when the cursor was at the lower-right corner of the + physical screen, and the terminal does not have insert-character + ability. + + change view.c so that it breaks out of getch() loop if a KEY_RESIZE + is read, and modify logic in getch() so this fix will yield the + desired behavior, i.e., the screen is repainted automatically when + the terminal window is resized. + +970906 + + add configure option --enable-sigwinch + + modify view.c to test KEY_RESIZE logic, with "-r" option. + + modify testcurs.c to eliminate misleading display wrt cursor type + by testing if the terminal supports cnorm, civis, cvvis. + + several fixes for m68k/NeXT 4.0, to bring cur_term, _nc_curr_line and + _nc_curr_col variables into linked programs: move these variables, + making new modules lib_cur_term and trace_buf (reported by Francisco + Alberto Tomei Torres <fatomei@sandburg.unm.edu>). + > patches by Alexander V. Lukyanov: + + add pseudo-functionkey KEY_RESIZE which is returned by getch() when + the SIGWINCH handler has been called since the last call to + doupdate(). + + modify lib_twait.c to hide EINTR only if HIDE_EINTR is defined. + + add SIGWINCH handler to ncurses library which is used if there is no + application SIGWINCH handler in effect when the screen is + initialized. + + make linked list of all SCREEN structures. + + move curses.h include before definition of SCREEN to use types in + that structure. + + correction to ensure that wgetstr uses only a newline to force a + scroll (970831). + +970831 + + add experimental configure option --enable-safe-sprintf; the normal + mode now allocates a buffer as large as the screen for the + lib_printw.c functions. + + modify wgetch to refresh screen when reading ungetch'd characters, + since the application may require this - SVr4 does this. + + refine treatment of newline in wgetstr to echo only when this would + force the screen to scroll. + +970830 + + remove override in wgetstr() that forces keypad(), since SVr4 does + not do this. + + correct y-reference for erasure in wgetstr() when a wrap forces a + scroll. + + correct x-position in waddch() after a wrap forces a scroll. + + echo newline in wgetstr(), making testscanw.c scroll properly when + scanw is done. + + modify vwscanw() to avoid potential buffer overflow. + + rewrote lib_printw.c to eliminate fixed-buffer limits. + > patches by Alexander V. Lukyanov: + + correct an error in handling cooked mode in wgetch(); processing + was in the wrong order. + + simplified logic in wgetch() that handles backspace, etc., by using + wechochar(). + + correct wechochar() so that it interprets the output character as + in waddch(). + + modify pechochar() to use prefresh() rather than doupdate(), since + the latter does not guarantee immediate refresh of the pad. + + modify pechochar() so that if called with a non-pad WINDOW, will + invoke wechochar() instead. + + modify fifo indices to allow fifo to be longer than 127 bytes. + +970823 + + add xterm-8bit to terminfo.src + + moved logic for SP->_fifohold inside check_pending() to make it + work properly when we add calls to that function. + + ensure that bool functions return only TRUE or FALSE, and TRUE/FALSE + are assigned to bool values (patch by H.J.Lu). + > patches by Alexander V. Lukyanov: + + several fixes to getch: + 1. Separate cooked and raw keys in fifo + 2. Fix the case of ungetch'ed KEY_MOUSE + 3. wrap the code for hiding EINTR with ifdef HIDE_EINTR + 4. correctly handle input errors (i.e., EINTR) without loss of raw + keys + 5. recognize ESC KEY_LEFT and similar + 6. correctly handle the case of receiption of KEY_MOUSE from gpm + + correct off-by-one indexing error in _nc_mouse_parse(), that caused + single mouse events (press/release) to be ignored in favor of + composed events (click). Improves on a fix from integrating gpm + support in 961229. + + add another call to check_pending, before scrolling, for + line-breakout optimization + + improve hashmap.c by + 1. fixed loop condition in grow_hunks() + 2. not marking lines with offset 0 + 3. fixed condition of 'too far' criteria, thus one-line hunks are + ignored and two lines interchanged won't pass. + + rewrote/simplified _nc_scroll_optimize() by separating into two + passes, forward/backward, looking for chunks moving only in the given + direction. + + move logic that emits sgr0 when initializing the screen to + _nc_screen_init(), now invoked from newterm. + + move cursor-movement cleanup from endwin() into _nc_mvcur_wrap() + function and screen cleanup (i.e., color) into _nc_screen_wrap() + function. + + add new functions _nc_screen_init(), _nc_screen_resume() and + _nc_screen_wrap(). + + rename _nc_mvcur_scrolln() to _nc_scrolln(). + + add a copy of acs_map[] to the SCREEN structure, where it can be + stored/retrieved via set_term(). + + move variables _nc_idcok, _nc_idlok, _nc_windows into the SCREEN + structure. + +970816 + + implement experimental _nc_perform_scroll(). + + modify newterm (actually _nc_setupscreen()) to emit an sgr0 when + initializing the screen, as does SVr4 (reported by Alexander V. + Lukyanov). + + added test_progs rule to ncurses/Makefile. + + modify test/configure.in to check if initscr is already in $LIBS + before looking for (n)curses library. + + correct version-number in configure script for OSF1 shared-library + options (patch by Tim Mooney). + + add -DNDEBUG to CPPFLAGS for --enable-assertions (as Juergen + originally patched) since the c++ demo files do not necessarily + include ncurses_cfg.h + + supply default value for --enable-assertions option in configure + script (reported by Kriang Lerdsuwanakij <lerdsuwa@scf-fs.usc.edu>). + > patches by Alexander V. Lukyanov: + + correct/simplify logic of werase(), wclrtoeol() and wclrbot(). See + example firstlast.c + + optimize waddch_literal() and waddch_nosync() by factoring out + common subexpressions. + + correct sense of NDEBUG ifdef for CHECK_POSITION macro. + + corrections to render_char(), to make handling of colored blanks + match SVr4 curses, as well as to correct a bug that xor'd space + against the background character. + + replaced hash function with a faster one (timed it) + + rewrote the hashmap algorithm to be one-pass, this avoids multiple + cost_effective() calls on the same lines. + + modified cost_effective() so it is now slightly more precise. + > patches by H.J.Lu for glibc integration: + + add modules define_key, keyok, name_match, tries + + add makefile rules for some of the unit tests in ncurses (mvcur, + captoinfo, hardscroll, hashmap). + + update Linux configure-script for wide-character definitions. + +970809 + + modify _tracebits() to show the character size (e.g., CS8). + + modify tparm() to emit '\200' where the generated string would have a + null (reported by From: Ian Dall <Ian.Dall@dsto.defence.gov.au> for + terminal type ncr7900). + + modify install process so that ldconfig is not invoked if the + package is built with an install-prefix. + + correct test program for chtype size (reported by Tim Mooney). + + add configure option --disable-scroll-hints, using this to ifdef the + logic that computes indices for _nc_scroll_optimize(). + + add module ncurses/softscroll.c, to perform single-stage computation + of scroll indices used in _nc_scroll_optimize(). This is faster than + the existing scrolling algorithm, but tends to make too-small hunks. + + eliminate fixed buffer size in _nc_linedump(). + + minor fixes to lib_doupdate.c to add tradeoff between clr_eol (el) + and clr_bol (el1), refine logic in ClrUpdate() and ClrBottom() (patch + by Alexander V. Lukyanov). + + add test/testaddch.c, from a pending patch by Alexander V. Lukyanov. + + correct processing of "configure --enable-assertions" option (patch + by Juergen Pfeifer). + +970802 + + add '-s' (single-step) option too test/hashtest.c, correct an error + in loop limit for '-f' (footer option), toggle scrollok() when + writing footer to avoid wrap at lower-right corner. + + correct behavior of clrtoeol() immediately after wrapping cursor, + which was not clearing the line at the cursor position (reported by + Liviu Daia <daia@stoilow.imar.ro>). + + corrected mapping for ACS_LANTERN, which was 'I' rather than 'i' + (reported by Klaus Weide <kweide@tezcat.com>). + + many corrections to make progs/capconvert work, as well as make it + reasonably portable and integrated with ncurses 4.1 (reported by Dave + Furstenau <df@ravine.binary.net>). + +970726 + + add flag SP->_fifohold, corresponding logic to modify the behavior of + the line breakout logic so that if the application does not read + input, refreshes will not be stopped, but only slowed. + + generate slk_attr_off(), slk_attr_on(), slk_attr_set(), vid_attr(), + ifdef'd for wide-character support, since ncurses' WA_xxx attribute + masks are identical with the A_xxx masks. + + modify MKlib_gen.sh to generate ifdef'd functions to support optional + configuration of wide-characters. + + modify tset to behave more like SVr4's tset, which does not modify + the settings of intr, quit or erase unless they are given as command + options (reported by Nelson H. F. Beebe <beebe@math.utah.edu>). + + modify tset to look in /etc/ttys or /etc/ttytype if the configuration + does not have getttynam(). + + extend baudrate table in tset.c to match baudrate() function. + + add table entries for 230400 and 460800 bd to baudrate() function. + + improve breakout logic by allowing it before the first line updated, + which is what SVr4 curses does (patch by Alexander V. Lukyanov). + + correct initialization of vcost in relative_move(), for cursor-down + case (patch by Alexander V. Lukyanov). + > nits gleaned from Debian distribution of 1.9.9g-3: + + install symbolic link for intotocap. + + reference libc directly when making shared libraries. + + correct renaming of curs_scr_dmp.3x in man_db.renames. + + guard tgetflag() and other termcap functions against null cur_term + pointer. + +970719 + + corrected initial state of software echo (error in 970405, reported + by Alexander V. Lukyanov). + + reviewed/added messages to configure script, so that all non-test + options should be accompanied by a message. + + add configure check for long filenames, using this to determine if + it is safe to allow long aliases for terminal descriptions as does + SVr4. + + add configure options for widec (wide character), hashmap (both + experimental). + > patch by Alexander V. Lukyanov: + + hashmap.c - improved by heuristic, so that scroll test works much + better when csr is not available. + + hardscroll.c - patched so that it continues to scroll other chunks + after failure to scroll one. + + lib_doupdate.c - _nc_mvcur_scrolln extended to handle more cases; csr + is avoided as it is relative costly. Fixed wrong coordinates in one + case and wrong string in TRACE. + > patch by Juergen Pfeifer: + + modify C++ binding to compile on AIX 4.x with the IBM C-SET++ + compiler. + +970712 + + remove alternate character set from kterm terminfo entry; it uses the + shift-out control for a purpose incompatible with curses, i.e., font + switching. + + disentangle 'xterm' terminfo entry from some derived entries that + should be based on xterm-r6 instead. + + add cbt to xterm-xf86-xv32 terminfo entry; I added the emulation for + XFree86 3.1.2F, but overlooked its use in terminfo then - T.Dickey. + + correct logic in lib_mvcur.c that uses back_tab. + +970706 + + correct change from 970628 to ClrUpdate() in lib_doupdate.c so that + contents of curscr are saved in newscr before clearing the screen. + This is needed to make repainting work with the present logic of + TransformLine(). + + use napms() rather than sleep() in tset.c to avoid interrupting I/O. + +970705 + + add limit checks to _nc_read_file_entry() to guard against overflow + of buffer when reading incompatible terminfo format, e.g, from OSF/1. + + correct some loop-variable errors in xmc support in lib_doupdate.c + + modify ncurses 'b' test to add gaps, specified by user, to allow + investigation of interaction with xmc (magic cookie) code. + + correct typo in 970524 mods to xmas.c, had omitted empty parameter + list from has_colors(), which gcc ignores, but SVr4 does not + (reported by Larry Virden). + + correct rmso capability in wy50-mc description. + + add configure option "--enable-hard-tabs", renamed TABS_OK ifdef to + USE_HARD_TABS. + > patch by Juergen Pfeifer: + + Add bindings for keyok() and define_key() to the Ada95 packages. + + Improve man pages menu_post.3x and menu_format.3x + + Fix the HTML pages in the Ada95/html directory to reflect the above + changes. + +970628 + + modify change from 970101 to ClrUpdate() in lib_doupdate.c so that + pending changes to both curscr and newscr are flushed properly. + This fixes a case where the first scrolling operation in nvi would + cause the screen to be cleared unnecessarily and repainted before + doing the indexing, i.e., by repeatedly pressing 'j' (reported by + Juergen Pfeifer). + + correct error in trans_string() which added embedded newlines in a + terminfo description to the stored strings. + + remove spurious newlines from sgr in wyse50 (and several other) + terminfo descriptions. + + add configure option for experimental xmc (magic cookie) code, + "--enable-xmc-glitch". When disabled (the default), attributes that + would store a magic cookie are suppressed in vidputs(). The magic + cookie code is far from workable at this stage; the configuration + option is a stopgap. + + move _nc_initscr() from lib_initscr.c to lib_newterm.c + + correct path for invoking make_keys (a missing "./"). + +970621 + + correct sign-extension problem with "infocmp -e", which corrupted + acsc values computed for linux fallback data. + + correct dependency on ncurses/names.c (a missing "./"). + + modify configure script to use '&&' even for cd'ing to existing + directories to work around broken shell interpreters. + + correct a loop-limit in _nc_hash_map() (patch by Alexander V. + Lukyanov). + +970615 + + restore logic in _nc_scroll_optimize() which marks as touched the + lines in curscr that are shifted. + + add new utility 'make_keys' to compute keys.tries as a table rather + than a series of function calls. + + correct include-dependency for tic.h used by name_match + + removed buffer-allocation for name and description from m_item_new.c, + since this might result in incompatibilities with SVr4. Also fixed + the corresponding Ada95 binding module (patch by Juergen Pfeifer, + from report by Avery Pennarun <apenwarr@foxnet.net>) + + removed the mechanism to timestamp the generated Ada95 sources. This + resulted always in generating patches for the HTML doc, even when + nothing really changed (patch by Juergen Pfeifer). + + improve man page mitem_new.3x (patch by Juergen Pfeifer). + +970614 + + remove ech capability from rxvt description because it does not work. + + add missing case logic for infocmp -I option (reported by Lorenzo M. + Catucci <lorenzo@argon.roma2.infn.it>) + + correct old bug in pnoutrefresh() unmasked by fix in 970531; this + caused glitches in the ncurses 'p' test since the area outside the + pad was not compared when setting up indices for _nc_scroll_optimize. + + rewrote tracebits() to workaround misdefinition of TOSTOP on Ultrix + 4.4, as well as to eliminate fixed-size buffer (reported by Chris + Tanner <tannerc@aecl.ca>) + + correct prototype for termattrs() as per XPG4 version 2. + + add placeholder prototypes for color_set(), erasewchar(), + term_attrs(), wcolor_set() as per XPG4 version 2. + + correct attribution for progs/progs.priv.h and lib_twait.c + + improve line-breakout logic by checking based on changed lines rather + than total lines (patch by Alexander V. Lukyanov). + + correct loop limits for table-lookup of enumerated value in form + (patch by Juergen Pfeifer). + + improve threshhold computation for determining when to call ClrToEOL + (patch by Alexander V. Lukyanov). + +970531 + + add configure option --disable-database to force the library to + use only the fallback data. + + add configure option --with-fallbacks, to specify list of fallback + terminal descriptions. + + add a symbolic link for ncurses.h during install; too many programs + still assume there's an ncurses.h + + add new terminfo.src entry for xterm-xf86-v33. + + restore terminfo.src entry for emu to using setf/setb, since it is + not, after all, generating ANSI sequences. Corrected missing comma + that caused setf/setb entries to merge. + + modify mousemask() to use keyok() to enable/disable KEY_MOUSE, so + that applications can disable ncurses' mouse and supply their own + handler. + + add extensions keyok() and define_key(). These are designed to allow + the user's application better control over the use of function keys, + e.g., disabling the ncurses KEY_MOUSE. (The define_key idea was from + a mailing-list thread started by kjahds@kjahds.com Nov'1995). + + restore original behavior in ncurses 'g' test, i.e., explicitly + set the keypad mode rather than use the default, since it confuses + people. + + rewrote the newdemo banner so it's readable (reported by Hugh + Daniel). + + tidy up exit from hashtest (reported by Hugh Daniel). + + restore check for ^Q in ncurses 'g' test broken in 970510 (reported + by Hugh Daniel) + + correct tput program, checking return-value of setupterm (patch by + Florian La Roche). + + correct logic in pnoutrefresh() and pechochar() functions (reported + by Kriang Lerdsuwanakij <lerdsuwa@scf.usc.edu>). The computation + of 'wide' date to eric's #283 (1.9.9), and the pechochar bug to the + original implementation (1.9.6). + + correct typo in vt102-w terminfo.src entry (patch by Robert Wuest + <rwuest@sire.vt.com>) + + move calls of _nc_background() out of various loops, as its return + value will be the same for the whole window being operated on (patch + by J.T.Conklin). + + add macros getcur[xy] getbeg[xy] getpar[xy], which are defined in + SVr4 headers (patch by J.T.Conklin <jtc@NetBSD.ORG>) + + modify glibc addon-configure scripts (patch by H.J.Lu). + + correct a bug in hashmap.c: the size used for clearing the hashmap + table was incorrect, causing stack corruption for large values of + LINES, e.g., >MAXLINES/2 (patch by Alexander V. Lukyanov). + + eric's terminfo 9.13.23 & 9.13.24 changes: replaced minitel-2 entry, + added MGR, ansi-nt (note: the changes described for 9.13.24 have not + been applied). + > several changes by Juergen Pfeifer: + + correct a missing error-return in form_driver.c when wrapping of a + field is not possible. + + correct logic in form_driver.c for configurations that do not have + memccpy() (reported by Sidik Isani <isani@cfht.hawaii.edu>) + + change several c++ binding functions to inline. + + modify c++ menu binding to inherit from panels, for proper + initialization. + + correct freeing of menu items in c++ binding. + + modify c++ binding to reflect removal of const from user data pointer + in forms/menus libraries. + +970524 + + add description of xterm-16color. + + modify name of shared-library on *BSD to end with $(REL_VERSION) + rather than $(ABI_VERSION) to match actual convention on FreeBSD + (cf: 960713). + + add OpenBSD to shared-library case, same as NetBSD and FreeBSD + (reported by Hugh Daniel <hugh@rat.toad.com>). + + corrected include-dependency in menu/Makefile so that "make install" + works properly w/o first doing "make". + + add fallback definition for isascii, used in infocmp. + + modify xmas to use color, and to exit right away when a key is + pressed. + + modify gdc so that the scrolled digits function as described (there + was no time delay between the stages, and the digits overwrote the + bounding box without tidying up). + + modify lib_color.c to use setaf/setab only for the ANSI color codes + 0 through 7. Using 16 colors requires setf/setb. + + modify ncurses 'c' test to work with 16 colors, as well as the normal + 8 colors. + + remove const qualifier from user data pointer in forms and menus + libraries (patch by Juergen Pfeifer). + + rewrote 'waddchnstr()' to avoid using the _nc_waddch_nosync() + function, thereby not interpreting tabs, etc., as per spec (patch by + Alexander V. Lukyanov). + +970517 + + suppress check for pre-existing ncurses header if the --prefix + option is specified. + + add configure options "--with-system-type" and + "--with-system-release" to assist in checking the generated + makefiles. + + add configure option "--enable-rpath" to allow installers to specify + that programs linked against shared libraries will have their library + path embedded, allowing installs into nonstandard locations. + + add flags to OSF1 shared-library options to specify version and + symbol file (patch by Tim Mooney <mooney@dogbert.cc.ndsu.NoDak.edu>) + + add missing definition for ABI_VERSION to c++/Makefile.in (reported + by Satoshi Adachi <adachi@wisdom.aa.ap.titech.ac.jp>). + + modify link flags to accommodate HP-UX linker which embeds absolute + pathnames in executables linked against shared libraries (reported by + Jason Evans <jasone@mrc.uidaho.edu>, solved by Alan Shutko + <ats@hubert.wustl.edu>). + + drop unnecessary check for attribute-change in onscreen_mvcur() since + mvcur() is the only caller within the library, and that check in turn + is exercised only from lib_doupdate.c (patch by Alexander V. + Lukyanov). + + add 'blank' parameter to _nc_scroll_window() so _nc_mvcur_scrolln() + can use the background of stdscr as a parameter to that function + (patch by Alexander V. Lukyanov). + + moved _nc_mvcur_scrolln() from lib_mvcur.c to lib_doupdate.c, to use + the latter's internal functions, as well as to eliminate unnecessary + cursor save/restore operations (patch by Alexander V. Lukyanov). + + omit parameter of ClrUpdate(), since it is called only for newscr, + further optimized/reduced by using ClearScreen() and TransformLine() + to get rid of duplicate code (patch by Alexander V. Lukyanov). + + modify scrolling algorithm in _nc_scroll_optimize() to reject hunks + that are smaller than the distance to be moved (patch by Alexander V. + Lukyanov). + + correct a place where the panel library was not ifdef'd in ncurses.c + (Juergen Pfeifer) + + documentation fixes (Juergen Pfeifer) + +970515 4.1 release for upload to prep.ai.mit.edu + + re-tag changes since 970505 as 4.1 release. + +970510 + + modify ncurses 'g' test to allow mouse input + + modify default xterm description to include mouse. + + modify configure script to add -Wwrite-strings if gcc warnings are + enabled while configuring --enable-const (and fixed related + warnings). + + add toggle, status display for keypad mode to ncurses 'g' test to + verify that keypad and scrollok are not inherited from parent window + during a call to newwin. + + correction to MKexpanded.sh to make it work when configure --srcdir + is used (reported by H.J.Lu). + + revise test for bool-type, ensuring that it checks if builtin.h is + available before including it, adding test for sizeof(bool) equal + to sizeof(short), and warning user if the size cannot be determined + (reported by Alexander V. Lukyanov). + + add files to support configuration of ncurses as an add-on library + for GNU libc (patch by H.J.Lu <hjl@lucon.org>) + +970506 + + correct buffer overrun in lib_traceatr.c + + modify change to lib_vidattr.c to avoid redundant orig_pair. + + turn on 'echo()' in hanoi.c, since it is initially off. + + rename local 'errno' variable in etip.h to avoid conflict with global + (H.J.Lu). + + modify configure script to cache LD, AR, AR_OPTS (patch by H.J.Lu + <hjl@lucon.org>) + +970505 4.1 pre-release + + regenerate the misc directory html dumps without the link list, which + is not useful. + + correct dependency in form directory makefile which caused + unnecessary recompiles. + + correct substitution for ABI_VERSION in test-makefile + + modify install rules for shared-library targets to remove the target + before installing, since some install programs do not properly handle + overwrite of symbolic links. + + change order of top-level targets so that 'include' immediate + precedes the 'ncurses' directory, reducing the time between new + headers and new libraries (requested by Larry Virden). + + modify lib_vidattr.c so that colors are turned off only before + modifying other attributes, turned on after others. This makes the + hanoi.c program display correctly on FreeBSD console. + + modify debug code in panel library to print user-data addresses + rather than the strings which they (may) point to. + + add check to ensure that C++ binding and demo are not built with g++ + versions below 2.7, since the binding uses templates. + + modify c++ binding and demo to build and run with SGI's c++ compiler. + (It also compiles with the Sun SparcWorks compiler, but the demo does + not link, due to a vtbl problem). + + corrections to demo.cc, to fix out-of-scope variables (Juergen + Pfeifer). + +970503 + + correct memory leak in _nc_trace_buf(). + + add configure test for regexpr.h, for Unixware 1.x. + + correct missing "./" prefixing names of generated files in ncurses + directory. + + use single-quotes in configure scripts assignments for MK_SHARED_LIB + to workaround shell bug on FreeBSD 2.1.5 + + remove tabs from intermediate #define's for GCC_PRINTF, GCC_SCANF + that caused incorrect result in ncurses_cfg.h + + correct initialization in lib_trace.c, which omitted version info. + + remove ech, el1 attributes from cons25w description; they appear to + malfunction in FreeBSD 2.1.5 + + correct color attributes in terminfo.src and lib_color.c to match + SVr4 behavior by interchanging codes 1,4, 3,6 in the setf/setb + capabilities. + + use curs_set() rather than checks via tigetstr() for test programs + that hide the cursor: firework, rain, worm. + + ensure that if the terminal lacks change_scroll_region, parm_index + and parm_rindex are used only to scroll the whole screen (patch by + Peter Wemm). + + correct curs_set() logic, which did not return ERR if the requested + attributes did not exist, nor did it assume an unknown initial state + for the cursor (patch by Alexander V. Lukyanov). + + combine IDcTransformLine and NoIDcTransformLine to new TransformLine + function in lib_doupdate.c (patch by Alexander V. Lukyanov). + + correct hashmap.c, which did not update index information (patch by + Alexander V. Lukyanov). + + patch by Juergen Pfeifer for C++ binding and demo (see c++/NEWS) + + correct index in lib_instr.c (Juergen Pfeifer). + + correct typo in 970426 patch from Tom's cleanup of lib_overlay.c + (Juergen Pfeifer). + +970426 + + corrected cost computation in PutRange(), which was using + milliseconds compared to characters by adding two new members to the + SCREEN struct, _hpa_ch_cost and _cup_ch_cost. + + drop ncurses/lib_unctrl.c, add ncurses/MKunctrl.awk to generate a + const array of strings (suggested by Alexander V. Lukyanov, though + with a perl script 970118). + + rewrote ncurses 'b' test to better exercise magic-cookie (xmc), as + well as noting the attributes that are not supported by a terminal. + + trace the computation of cost values in lib_mvcur.c + + modify _nc_visbuf() to use octal rather than hex, corrected sign + extension bug in that function that caused buffer overflow. + + modify trace in lib_acs.c to use _nc_visbuf(). + + suppress trace within _traceattr2(). + + correct logic of _tracechtype2(), which did not account for repeats + or redefinition within an acsc string. + + modify debug-library version baudrate() to use environment variable + $BAUDRATE to override speed computation. This is needed for + regression testing. + + correct problems shown by "weblint -pedantic". + + update mailing-list information (now ncurses@bsdi.com). + +970419 + + Improve form_field_validation.3x manpage to better describe the + precision parameter for TYPE_NUMERIC and TYPE_INTEGER. Provide more + precise information how the range checking can be avoided. (patch by + Juergen Pfeifer, reported by Bryan Henderson) + + change type of min/max value of form types TYPE_INTEGER to long to + match SVr4 documentation. + + set the form window to stdscr in set_form_win() so that form_win() + won't return null (patch by Juergen Pfeifer, reported by Bryan + Henderson <bryanh@giraffe.netgate.net>). + +970412 + + corrected ifdef'ing of inline (from 970321) for TRACE vs C++. + + corrected toggle_attr_off() macro (patch by Andries.Brouwer). + + modify treatment of empty token in $MANPATH to /usr/man (reported by + <Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl>) + + modify traces that record functions-called so that chtype and attr_t + values are expressed symbolically, to simplify reuse of generated + test-scripts on SVr4 regression testing. + + add new trace functions _traceattr2() and _tracechtype2() + +970405 + + add configure option --enable-const, to support the use of 'const' + where XSI should have, but did not, specify. This defines + NCURSES_CONST, which is an empty token otherwise, for strict + compatibility. + + make processing of configure options more verbose by echoing the + --enable/--with values. + + add configure option --enable-big-core + + set initial state of software echo off as per XSI. + + check for C++ builtin.h header + + correct computation of absolute-path for $INSTALL that dropped "-c" + parameter from the expression. + + rename config.h to ncurses_cfg.h to avoid naming-conflict when + ncurses is integrated into larger systems (from diffs by H.J.Lu for + libc). + + correct inequality in lib_doupdate.c that caused a single-char to not + be updated when the char on the right-margin was not blank, idcok() + was true (patch by Alexander V. Lukyanov 970124, also reported by + Kriang Lerdsuwanakij <lerdsuwa@scf-fs.usc.edu> 970329). + + modify 'clean' rule in include/Makefile so that files created by + configure script are removed in 'distclean' rule instead. + +970328 + + correct array limit in tparam_internal(), add case to interpret "%x" + (patch by Andreas Schwab) + + rewrote number-parsing in ncurses.c 'd' test; it did not reset the + value properly when non-numeric characters were given (reported by + Andreas Schwab <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>) + +970321 + + move definition of __INTERNAL_CAPS_VISIBLE before include for + progs.priv.h (patch by David MacKenzie). + + add configuration summary, reordered check for default include + directory to better accommodate a case where installer is configuring + a second copy of ncurses (reported by Klaus Weide + <kweide@tezcat.com>) + + moved the #define for 'inline' as an empty token from the + $(CFLAGS_DEBUG) symbol into config.h, to avoid redefinition warning + (reported by Ward Horner). + + modify test for bool builtin type to use 'unsigned' rather than + 'unknown' when cross-compiling (reported by Ward Horner). + +970315 + + add header dependencies so that "make install.libs" will succeed + even if "make all" is not done first. + + moved some macros from lib_doupdate.c to curses.priv.h to use in + expanded functions with ATAC. + + correct implementation of lib_instr.c; both XSI and SVr4 agree that + the winnstr functions can return more characters than will fit on one + line. + +970308 + + modify script that generates lib_gen.c to support traces of called & + return. + + add new configure option "--disable-macros", for testing calls within + lib_gen.c + + corrected logic that screens level-checking of called/return traces. + +970301 + + use new configure macro NC_SUBST to replace AC_PATH_PROG, better + addressing request by Ward Horner. + + check for cross-compiling before trying to invoke the autoconf + AC_FUNC_SETVBUF_REVERSED macro (reported by Ward Horner) + + correct/simplify loop in _nc_visbuf(), 970201 changes omitted + a pointer-increment. + + eliminate obsolete symbol SHARED_ABI from dist.mk (noted by + Florian La Roche). + +970215 + + add configure option --enable-expanded, together with code that + implements an expanded form of certain complex macros, for testing + with ATAC. + + disable CHECK_POSITION unless --with-assertions is configured + (Alexander Lukyanov pointed out that this is redundant). + + use keyname() to show traced chtype values where applicable rather + than _tracechar(), which truncates the value to 8-bits. + + minor fixes to TRACE_ICALLS, added T_CREATE, TRACE_CCALLS macros. + + modify makefiles in progs and test directories to avoid using C + preprocessor options on link commands (reported by Ward Horner) + + correct ifdef/include-order for nc_alloc.h vs lib_freeall.c (reported + by Ward Horner) + + modify ifdef's to use configure-defined symbols consistently + (reported by Ward Horner) + + add/use new makefile symbols AR, AR_OPTS and LD to assist in non-UNIX + ports (reported by Ward Horner <whorner@tsi-telsys.com>) + + rename struct try to struct tries, to avoid name conflict with C++ + (reported by Gary Johnson). + + modify worm.c to hide cursor while running. + + add -Wcast-qual to gcc warnings, fix accordingly. + + use PutChar rather than PutAttrChar in ClrToEOL to properly handle + wrapping (Alexander Lukyanov). + + correct spurious echoing of input in hanoi.c from eric's #291 & #292 + patches (reported by Vernon C. Hoxie <vern@zebra.alphacdc.com>). + + extend IRIX configuration to IRIX64 + + supply missing install.libs rule needed after restructuring + test/Makefile.in + +970208 + + modify "make mostlyclean" to leave automatically-generated source + in the ncurses directory, for use in cross-compiles. + + autogenerated object-dependencies for test directory + + add configure option --with-rcs-ids + + modify configuration scripts to generate major/minor/patch versions + (suggested by Alexander Lukyanov). + + supply missing va_end's in lib_scanw.c + + use stream I/O for trace-output, to eliminate fixed-size buffer + + add TRACE_ICALLS definition/support to lib_trace.c + + modify Ada95 binding to work with GNAT 3.09 (Juergen Pfeifer). + +970201 + + add/modify traces for called/return values to simplify extraction + for test scripts. + + changed _nc_visbuf to quote its result, and to dynamically allocate + the returned buffer. + + invoke ldconfig after installing shared library + + modify install so that overwrite applies to shared library -lcurses + in preference to static library (reported by Zeyd 960928). + + correct missing ';' in 961221 mod to overwrite option use of $(LN_S). + + fixes to allow "make install" to work without first doing a "make + all" (suggested by Larry Virden). + +970125 + + correct order of #ifdef for TABS_OK. + + instrumented toe.c to test memory-leaks. + + correct memory-deallocation in toe.c (patch by Jesse Thilo). + + include <sys/types.h> in configuration test for regex.h (patch by + Andreas Schwab) + + make infocmp recognize -I option, for SVr4 compatibility (reported by + Andreas Schwab <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>) + +970118 + + add extension 'use_default_colors()', modified test applications that + use default background (firework, gdc, hanoi, knight, worm) to + demonstrate. + + correct some limit checks in lib_doupdate.c exposed while running + worm. + + use typeCalloc macro for readability. + + add/use definition for CONST to accommodate testing with Solaris + (SVr4) curses, which doesn't use 'const' in its prototypes. + + modify ifdef's in test/hashtest.c and test/view.c to compile with + Solaris curses. + + modify _tracedump() to pad pad colors & attrs lines to match change + in 970101 showing first/last changes. + + corrected location of terminating null on dynamically allocated forms + fields (patch by Per Foreby). + +970111 + + added headers to make view.c compile on SCO with the resizeterm() + code (i.e., struct winsize) - though this compiles, I don't have a + suitable test configuration since SIGWINCH doesn't pass my network to + that machine - T.Dickey. + + update test/configure.in to supply some default substitutions. + + modify configure script to add -lncurses after -lgpm to fix problem + linking against static libraries. + + add a missing noraw() to test/ncurses.c (places noted by Jeremy + Buhler) + + add a missing wclear() to test/testcurs.c (patch by Jeremy Buhler + <jbuhler@cs.washington.edu>) + + modify headers to accommodate compilers that don't allow duplicate + "#define" lines for NCURSES_VERSION (reported by Larry W. Virden + <lvirden@cas.org>) + + fix formatting glitch in curs_getch.3x (patch by Jesse Thilo). + + modify lib_doupdate to make el, el1 and ed optimization use the + can_clear_with macro, and change EmitRange to allow leaving cursor at + the middle of interval, rather than always at the end (patch by + Alexander Lukyanov originally 960929, resync 970106). + +970104 + + workaround defect in autoconf 2.12 (which terminates configuration + if no C++ compiler is found) by adding an option --without-cxx. + + modify several man-pages to use tbl, where .nf/.fi was used (reported + by Jesse Thilo). + + correct font-codes in some man-pages (patch by Jesse Thilo + <Jesse.Thilo@pobox.com>) + + use configure script's knowledge of existence of g++ library for the + c++ Makefile (reported by Paul Jackson). + + correct misleading description of --datadir configuration option + (reported by Paul Jackson <pj@sam.engr.sgi.com>) + +970101 + + several corrections to _nc_mvcur_scrolln(), prompted by a bug report + from Peter Wemm: + > the logic for non_dest_scroll_region was interchanged between the + forward & reverse scrolling cases. + > multiple returns from the function allowed certain conditions to do + part of an operation before discovering that it couldn't be + completed, returning an error without restoring the cursor. + > some returns were ERR, where the function had completed the + operation, because the insert/delete line logic was improperly + tested (this was probably the case Peter saw). + > contrary to comments, some scrolling cases were tested after the + insert/delete line method. + + modify _tracedump() to show first/last changes. + + modify param of ClrUpdate() in lib_doupdate.c to 'newscr', fixes + refresh problem (reported by Peter Wemm) that caused nvi to not show + result of ":r !ls" until a ^L was typed. + +961229 (internal alpha) + + correct some of the writable-strings warnings (reported by Gary + Johnson <gjohnson@season.com>). Note that most of the remaining ones + are part of the XSI specification, and can't be "fixed". + + improve include-dependencies in form, menu, panel directories. + + correct logic of delay_output(), which would return early if + there is data on stdin. + + modify interface & logic of _nc_timed_wait() to support 2 file + descriptors, needed for GPM. + + integrate patch by Andrew Kuchling <amk@magnet.com> for GPM (mouse) + support, correcting logic in wgetch() and _nc_mouse_parse() which + prevented patch from working properly. + + improve performance of panel algorithm (Juergen Pfeifer 961203). + + strip RCS id's from generated .html files in Ada95 subtree. + + resync with generated .html files (Juergen Pfeifer 961223). + + terminfo.src 10.1.0 from Eric. + +961224 4.0 release + + release as 4.0 to accommodate Linux ld.so.1.8.5 + + correct syntax/spelling, regenerated .doc files from .html using + lynx 2.5 + + refined forms/menus makefiles (Juergen Pfeifer 961223). + +961221 - snapshot + + remove logic in read_entry.c that attempts to refine errno by using + 'access()' for the directory (from patch by Florian La Roche). + + correct configure test/substitution that inhibits generating + include-path to /usr/include if gcc is used (reported by Florian La + Roche). + + modify setupterm() to allocate new TERMINAL for each call, just as + solaris' curses does (Alexander Lukyanov 960829). + + corrected memory leaks in read_entry.c + + add configure options --with-dbmalloc, --with-dmalloc, and + --disable-leaks, tested by instrumenting infocmp, ncurses programs. + + move #include's for stdlib.h and string.h to *.priv.h to accommodate + use of dbmalloc. + + modify use of $(LN_S) to follow recommendation in autoconf 2.12, + i.e., set current directory before linking. + + split-out panel.priv.h, improve dependencies for forms, menus + (Juergen Pfeifer 961204). + + modify _nc_freewin() to reset globals curscr/newscr/stdscr when + freeing the corresponding WINDOW (Purify). + + modify delwin() to return ERR if the window to be deleted has + subwindows, needed as a side-effect of resizeterm() (Purify). Tested + and found that SVr4 curses behaves this way. + + implement logic for _nc_freeall(), bringing stub up to date. + +961215 + + modify wbkgd() so that it doesn't set nulls in the rendered text, + even if its argument doesn't specify a character (fixes test case by + Juergen Pfeifer for bug-report). + + set window-attributes in wbkgd(), to simplify comparison against + Solaris curses, which does this. + +961214 - snapshot + + replace most constants in ncurses 'o' test by expressions, making it + work with wider range of screen sizes. + + add options to ncurses.c to specify 'e' test softkey format, and the + number of header/footer lines to rip-off. + + add ^R (repaint after resize), ^L (refresh) commands to ncurses 'p' + test. + + add shell-out (!) command to ncurses 'p' test to allow test of + resize between endwin/refresh. + + correct line-wrap case in mvcur() by emitting carriage return, + overlooked in 960928, but needed due to SVr4 compatibility changes to + terminal modes in 960907. + + correct logic in wresize that causes new lines to be allocated, + broken for the special case of increasing rows only in 960907's fix + for subwindows. + + modify configure script to generate $(LDFLAGS) with -L and -l options + in preference to explicit library filenames. (NOTE: this may + require further amending, since I vaguely recall a dynamic loader + that did not work properly without the full names, but it should be + handled as an exception to the rule, since some linkers do bulk + inclusion of libraries when given the full name - T.Dickey). + + modify configure script to allow user-supplied $CFLAGS to set the + debug-option in all libraries (requested by lots of people). + + use return consistently from main(), rather than exit (reported by + Florian La Roche). + + add --enable-getcap-cache option to configure, normally disabled + (requested by Florian La Roche). + + make configure test for gettimeofday() and possibly -lbsd more + efficient (requested by Florian La Roche florian@knorke.saar.de) + + minor adjustments to Ada95 binding (patches by Juergen Pfeifer) + + correct attributes after emitting orig_pair in lib_vidattr.c (patch + by lav@yars.free.net). + +961208 + + corrected README wrt Ada95 (Juergen Pfeifer) + +961207 - snapshot + + integrate resizeterm() into doupdate(), so that if screen size + changes between endwin/refresh, ncurses will resize windows to fit + (this needs additional testing with pads and softkeys). + + add, for memory-leak testing, _nc_freeall() entrypoint to free all + data used in ncurses library. + + initialize _nc_idcok, _nc_idlok statically to resolve discrepancy + between initscr() and newwin() initialization (reported by + lav@yars.free.net). + + test built VERSION=4.0, SHARED_ABI=4 with Linux ld.so.1.8.5 + (set beta versions to those values -- NOTE that subsequent pre-4.0 + beta may not be interchangeable). + + modify configure script to work with autoconf 2.12 + +961130 1.9.9g release + + add copyright notices to configuration scripts (written by Thomas + Dickey). + +961127 + > patch by Juergen Pfeifer (mostly for panel): + + cosmetic improvement for a few routines in the ncurses core library + to avoid warning messages. + + the panel overlap detection was broken + + the panel_window() function was not fool-proof. + + Some inlining... + + Cosmetic changes (also to avoid warning messages when compiling with + -DTRACE). + +961126 + > patch by Juergen Pfeifer: + + eliminates warning messages for the compile of libform. + + inserts Per Foreby's new field type TYPE_IPV4 into libform. + + Updates man page and the Ada95 binding to reflect this. + + Improves inlining in libmenu and libform. + +961120 + + improve the use of the "const" qualifier in the + panel library (Juergen Pfeifer) + + change set_panel_userptr() and panel_userptr() to use void* + (Juergen Pfeifer) + +961119 + + change ABI to 3.4 + + package with 961119 version of Ada95 binding (fixes for gnat-3.07). + (Juergen Pfeifer) + + correct initialization of the stdscr pseudo panel in panel library + (Juergen Pfeifer) + + use MODULE_ID (rcs keywords) in forms and menus libraries (Juergen + Pfeifer). + > patch #324 by Eric. + + typo in curs_termcap man page (reported by Hendrik Reichel + <106065.2344@compuserve.com>) + + change default xterm entry to xterm-r6. + + add entry for color_xterm + +961116 - snapshot + + lint found several functions that had only #define implementations + (e.g., attr_off), modified curses.h.in to generate them as per XSI + Curses requirement that every macro be available as a function. + + add check in infocmp.c to guard against string compare of + CANCELLED_STRING values. + + modify firework.c, rain.c to hide cursor while running. + + correct missing va_end in lib_tparm.c + + modify hanoi.c to work on non-color terminals, and to use timing + delays when in autoplay mode. + + correct 'echochar()' to refresh immediately (reported by Adrian + Garside 94ajg2@eng.cam.ac.uk) + > patch #322 by eric: + + reorganize terminfo.src entries for xterm. + +961109 - snapshot + + corrected error in line-breakout logic (lib_doupdate.c) + + modified newdemo to use wgetch(win) rather than getch() to eliminate + a spurious clear-screen. + + corrected ifdef's for 'poll()' configuration. + + added modules to ncurses, form, menu for Ada95 binding (Juergen + Pfeifer). + + modify set_field_buffer() to allow assignment of string longer than + the initial buffer length, and to return the complete string rather + than only the initial size (Juergen Pfeifer and Per Foreby + <perf@efd.lth.se>). + +961102 - snapshot + + configure for 'poll()' in preference to 'select()', since older + systems are more likely to have a broken 'select()'. + + modified render_char() to avoid OR'ing colors. + + minor fixes to testcurs.c, newdemo.c test programs: ifdef'd out the + resize test, use wbkgd and corrected box() parameters. + + make flushinp() test work in ncurses.c by using napms() instead of + sleep(). + + undo Eric's changes to xterm-x11r6 (it no longer matched the X11R6.1 + distribution, as stated) + + terminfo 9.13.18 (resync by Eric) + + check for getenv("HOME") returning null (Eric). + + change buffer used to decode xterm-mouse commands to unsigned to + handle displays wider than 128 chars (Juergen Pfeifer). + + correct typo curs_outopts.3x (Juergen Pfeifer). + + correct limit-checking in wenclose() (Juergen Pfeifer). + + correction to Peter Wemm's newwin change (Thomas Fehr + <fehr@suse.de>). + + corrections to logic that combines colors and attributes; they must + not be OR'd (Juergen Pfeifer, extending from report/patch by Rick + Marshall). + +961026 - snapshot + + reset flags in 'getwin()' that might cause refresh to attempt to + manipulate the non-existent parent of a window that is read from a + file (lib_screen.c). + + restructure _nc_timed_wait() to log more information, and to try to + recover from badly-behaved 'select()' calls (still testing this). + + move define for GOOD_SELECT into configure script. + + corrected extra '\' character inserted before ',' in comp_scan.c + + corrected expansion of %-format characters in dump_entry.c; some were + rendered as octal constants. + + modify dump_entry.c to make terminfo output more readable and like + SVr4, by using "\s" for spaces (leading/trailing only), "\," for + comma, "\^" and "\:" as well. + + corrected some memory leaks in ncurses.c, and a minor logic error + in the top-level command-parser. + + correction for label format 4 (PC style with info line), a + slk_clear(), slk_restore() sequence didn't redraw the info line + (Juergen Pfeifer). + + modified the slk window (if simulated) to inherit the background and + default character attributes from stdscr (Juergen Pfeifer). + + corrected limit-check in set_top_row (Juergen Pfeifer). + +961019 - snapshot + + correct loop-limit in wnoutrefresh(), bug exposed during pipe-testing + had '.lastchar' entry one beyond '._maxx'. + + modify ncurses test-program to work with data piped to it. + + corrected pathname computation in run_tic.sh, removing extra "../" + (reported by Tim Mooney). + + modified configure script to use previous install's location for + curses.h + + added NetBSD and FreeBSD to platforms that use --prefix=/usr as + a default. + +961013 + + revised xterm terminfo descriptions to reflect the several versions + that are available. + + corrected a pointer reference in dump_entry.c that didn't test if + the pointer was -1. + +961005 - snapshot + + correct _nc_mvcur_scrolln for terminals w/o scrolling region. + + add -x option to hashtest to control whether it allows writes to the + lower-right corner. + + ifdef'd (NCURSES_TEST) the logic for _nc_optimize_enable to make it + simpler to construct tests (for double-check of _nc_hash_map tests). + + correct ifdef's for c++ in curses.h + + change default xterm type to xterm-x11r6. + + correct quoting in configure that made man-pages installed with + $datadir instead of actual terminfo path. + + correct whitespace in include/Caps, which caused kf11, clr_eol and + clr_end to be omitted from terminfo.5 + + fix memory leaks in delscreen() (adapted from Alexander Lukyanov). + + improve appearance of marker in multi-selection menu (Juergen + Pfeifer) + + fix behaviour for forms with all fields inactive (Juergen + Pfeifer) + + document 'field_index()' (Juergen Pfeifer) + > patch #321 by eric: + + add some more XENIX keycap translations to include/Caps. + + modify newwin to set initial state of each line to 'touched' + (from patch by Peter Wemm <peter@spinner.dialix.com>) + + in SET_TTY, replace TCSANOW with TCSADRAIN (Alexander Lukyanov). + +960928 - snapshot + + ifdef'd out _nc_hash_map (still slower) + + add graphic characters to vt52 description. + + use PutAttrChar in ClrToEOL to ensure proper background, position. + + simplify/correct logic in 'mvcur()' that does wrapping; it was + updating the position w/o actually moving the cursor, which broke + relative moves. + + ensure that 'doupdate()' sets the .oldindex values back to a sane + state; this was causing a spurious refresh in ncurses 'r'. + + add logic to configure (from vile) to guard against builders who + don't remove config.cache & config.status when doing new builds. + + corrected logic for 'repeat_char' in EmitRange (from #317), which + did not follow the 2-parameter scheme specified in XSI. + + corrected logic of wrefresh, wnoutrefresh broken in #319, making + clearok work properly (from report by Michael Elkins). + + corrected problem with endwin introduced by #314 (removing the + scrolling-region reset) that broke ncurses.c tests. + + corrected order of args in AC_CHECK_LIB (from report by Ami Fischman + <fischman@math.ucla.edu>). + + corrected formatting of terminfo.5 tables (Juergen Ehling) + > patch 320 by eric: + + change ABI to 3.3 + + emit a carriage-return in 'endwin()' to workaround a kernel bug in + BSDI. (requested by Mike Karels <karels@redrock.bsdi.com>) + + reverse the default o configure --enable-termcap (consensus). + > patch 319 by eric: + + modified logic for clearok and related functions (from report by + Michael Elkins) - untested + > patch 318 by eric: + + correction to #317. + > patch 317 by eric: + + re-add _nc_hash_map + + modify EmitRange to maintain position as per original design. + + add hashtest.c, program to time the hashmap optimization. + > patch 316 by eric: + + add logic to deal with magic-cookie (how was this tested?) + (lib_doupdate.c). + + add ncurses.c driver for magic-cookie, some fixes to ncurses.c + > patch 315 by eric: + + merged A. Lukyanov's patch to use ech and rep - untested + (lib_doupdate.c). + + modified handling of interrupted system calls - untested + (lib_getch.c, lib_twait.c). + + new function _nc_mvcur_resume() + + fix return value for 'overlay()', 'overwrite()' + +960914 - snapshot + + implement subwindow-logic in wresize, minor fixes to ncurses 'g' + test. + + corrected bracketing of fallback.c (reported/suggested fix by Juergen + Ehling <eh@eclipse.aball.de>). + + update xterm-color to reflect XFree86 3.1.3G release. + + correct broken dtterm description from #314 patch (e.g., spurious + newline. The 'pairs' change might work, but no one's tested it + either ;-) + + clarify the documentation for the builtin form fieldtypes (Juergen + Pfeifer) + > patch 314 by eric: + + Enhancement suggested by A. Lukyanov -- reset scroll region on + startup rather than at wrapup time. + + Fix suggested by A. Lukyanov, make storage of palette tables + and their size counts per-screen for multi-terminal applications. + + Improved error reporting for infotocap translation errors. + + Update terminfo.src to 9.13.14. + +960907 - snapshot + + rewrote wgetstr to make it erase control chars and also fix bogus use + of _nc_outstr which caused the display to not wrap properly (display + problem reported by John M. Flinchbaugh <glynis@netrax.net>) + + modify ncurses 'f' test to accommodate terminal responses to C1 codes + (and split up this screen to accommodate non-ANSI terminals). + + test enter_insert_mode and exit_insert_mode in has_ic(). + + removed bogus logic in mvcur that assumes nl/nonl set output modes + (XSI says they are input modes; SVr4 implements this). + + added macros SET_TTY, GET_TTY to term.h + + correct getstr() logic that altered terminal modes w/o restoring. + + disable ICRNL, etc., during initialization to match SVr4, removing + the corresponding logic from raw, cbreak, etc. + + disable ONLCR during initialization, to match SVr4 (this is needed + for cursor optimization when the cursor-down is a newline). + + replaced Eric's imitation of wresize with my original (his didn't + work). + +960831 - snapshot + + memory leaks (Alexander V. Lukyanov). + + modified pnoutrefresh() to be more tolerant of too-large screen + size (reported by Michael Elkins). + + correct handling of terminfo files with no strings (Philippe De + Muyter) + + correct "tic -s" to take into account -I, -C options. + + modify ncurses 'f' test to not print codes 80 through 9F, since they + are considered control codes by ANSI terminals. + +960824 - snapshot + + correct speed variable-type in 'tgetent()' (reported by Peter Wemm) + + make "--enable-getcap" configuration-option work (reported by + Peter Wemm <peter@spinner.DIALix.COM>) + +960820 + + correct err in 960817 that changed return-value of tigetflag() + (reported by Alexander V. Lukyanov). + + modify infocmp to use library default search-path for terminfo + directory (Alexander V. Lukyanov). + +960817 - snapshot + + corrected an err in mvcur that broke resizing-behavior. + + correct fall-thru behavior of _nc_read_entry(), which was not finding + descriptions that existed in directories past the first one searched + (reported by Alexander V. Lukyanov) + + corrected typo in dtterm description. + > patch 313 by eric: + + add dtterm description + + clarify ncurses 'i' test (drop vscanf subtest) + +960810 - snapshot + + correct nl()/nonl() to work as per SVr4 & XSI. + + minor fixes to ncurses.c (use 'noraw()', mvscanw return-code) + + refine configure-test for -g option (Tim Mooney). + + correct interaction between O_BLANK and NEW_LINE request in form + library (Juergen Pfeifer) + +960804 + + revised fix to tparm; previous fix reversed parameter order. + > patch 312 by eric: + correct terminfo.src corrupted by #310 + > patch 311 by eric: + + fix idlok() and idcok() and the default of the idlok switch. + +960803 - snapshot + + corrected tparm to handle capability strings without explicit pop + (reported by William P Setzer) + + add fallback def for GCC_NORETURN, GCC_UNUSED for termcap users + (reported by Tim Mooney). + > patch 310 by eric: + + documentation and prototyping errors for has_color, immedok and idcok + (reported by William P Setzer <wsetzer@pams.ncsu.edu>) + + updated qnx terminfo entry (by Michael Hunter) + +960730 + + eliminate quoted includes in ncurses subdirectory, ensure config.h + is included first. + + newterm initializes terminal settings the same as initscr (reported + by Tim Mooney). + +960727 - snapshot + + call cbreak() in initscr(), as per XSI & SVr4. + + turn off hardware echo in initscr() as per XSI & SVr4 + > patch 309 by eric: + + terminfo changes (9.3.10), from BRL + + add more checks to terminfo parser. + + add more symbols to infocmp. + +960720 - snapshot + + save previous-attribute in lib_vidattr.c if SP is null (reported by + Ju"rgen Fluk <louis@dachau.marco.de>) + + corrected calls on _nc_render so that background character is set + as per XSI. + + corrected wbkgdset macro (XSI allows background character to be + null), and tests that use it. + + more corrections to terminfo (xterm & rxvt) + + undid change to mcprint prototype (cannot use size_t in curses.h + because not all systems declare it in the headers that we can safely + include therein). + + move the ifdefs for errno into curses.priv.h + > patch 308 by eric: + + terminfo changes (9.3.8) + + modified logic of error-reporting in terminfo parser + +960713 - snapshot + + always check for <sys/bsdtypes.h> since ISC needs it to declare + fd_set (Juergen Pfeifer) + + install shared-libraries on NetBSD/FreeBSD with ABI-version (reported + by several people: Juergen Pfeifer, Mike Long) + + add LOCAL_LDFLAGS2 symbol (Juergen Pfeifer) + + corrected prototype for delay_output() -- bump ABI to 3.2 + + terminfo patches #306/307 from Eric. + + moved logic that filters out rmul and rmso from setupterm to newterm + where it is less likely to interfere with termcap applications. + +960707 + + rollback Eric's #305 change to terminfo.src (it breaks existing + applications, e.g., 'less 290'). + + correct path of edit_man.sh, and fix typo that made all man-pages + preformatted. + + restore man/menu_requestname.3x omitted in Zeyd's resync (oops). + + auto-configure the GCC_PRINTFLIKE/GCC_SCANFLIKE macros (reported by + Philippe De Muyter). + +960706 - snapshot + + make lib_vidattr.c more readable using macros. + + filter out rmul, rmso that conflict with sgr0 when reading terminal + descriptions. + + added sanity-checking of various paired string attributes (Eric). + + work around autoconf bug, force $INSTALL to absolute path. + (reported by Zeyd). + + modify man-page install for BSDI to install preformatted .0 files + (reported by David MacKenzie). + + add/use gcc __attribute__ for printf and scanf in curses.h + + added SGR attributes test-case to ncurses + + revised ncurses 't' logic to show trace-disable effect in the menu. + + use getopt in ncurses program to process -s and -t options. + + make ncurses 'p' legend toggle with '?' + + disable scrollok during the ncurses 'p' test; if it is enabled the + stdscr will scroll when putting the box-corners in the lower-right + of the screen. + +960629 - snapshot + + check return code of _nc_mvcur_scrolln() in _nc_scroll_optimize() for + terminals with no scrolling-support (reported by Nikolay Shadrin + <queen@qh.mirea.ac.ru>) + + added ^S scrollok-toggle to ncurses 'g' test. + + added ^T trace-toggle to ncurses tests. + + modified ncurses test program to use ^Q or ESC consistently for + terminating tests (rather than ^D), and to use control keys rather + than function keys in 'g' test. + + corrected misplaced wclrtoeol calls in addch to accommodate wrapping + (reported by Philippe De Muyter). + + modify lib_doupdate.c to use effective costs to tradeoff between + delete-character/insert-character vs normal updating (reported by + David MacKenzie). + + compute effective costs for screen update operations (e.g., clr_eos, + delete_character). + + corrected error in knight.c exposed by wrap fixes in 960622; the + msgwin needed scrollok set. + + corrected last change to IDcTransformLine logic to avoid conflict + between PutRange and InsStr + + modified run_tic.sh to not use /usr/tmp (reported by David + MacKenzie), and further revised it and aclocal.m4 to use $TMPDIR if + set. + + corrected off-by-one in RoomFor call in read_entry.c + +960622 - snapshot + + modified logic that wraps cursor in addch to follow the XSI spec, + (implemented in SVr4) which states that the cursor position is + updated when wrapping. Renamed _NEED_WRAP to _WRAPPED to reflect the + actual semantics. + + added -s option to tic, to provide better diagnostics in run_tic.sh + + improved error-recovery for tabset install. + + change ABI to 3.1 (dropped tparam, corrected getbkgd(), added + _yoffset to WINDOW). + + modified initialization of SP->_ofp so that init_acs() is called with + the "right" file pointer (reported by Rick Marshall <rjm@nlc.net.au> + + documentation fixes (Juergen Pfeifer). + + corrected, using new SCREEN and WINDOW members, the behavior of + ncurses if one uses ripoffline() to remove a line from the top of the + screen (Juergen Pfeifer). + + modified autoconf scripts to prepare for Ada95 (GNAT) binding to + ncurses (Juergen Pfeifer). + + incorrect buffer-size in _nc_read_entry, reported by Eric Raymond. + +960617 + + corrected two logic errors in read_entry.c, write_entry.c (called by + tic, the write/read of terminfo entries used inconsistent rules for + locating the entries; the $TERMINFO_DIRS code would find only the + first entry in a list). + + refined pathname computation in run_tic.sh and shlib. + + corrected initialization of $IP in misc/run_tic.sh + +960615 - snapshot + + ifdef'd out _nc_hash_map() call because it does not improve speed. + + display version of gcc if configure script identifies it. + + modify configure script to use /usr as Linux's default prefix. + + modify run_tic.sh to use shlib script, fixes some problems installing + with a shared-library configuration. + + adjusted configure script so that it doesn't run tests with the + warnings turned on, which makes config.log hard to read. + + added 'lint' rule to top-level Makefile. + + added configure option '--with-install-prefix' for use by system + builders to install into staging locations (from request by + charles@comm.polymtl.ca) + + corrected autoconfigure for Debian man program; it's not installed + as "man_db". + + set noecho in 'worm'; it was ifdef'd for debug only + + updated test/configure.in for timing-display in ncurses 'p' test + + corrected misspelled 'getbkgd()'. + + corrected wbkgdset to work like observed syvr4 (sets A_CHARTEXT part + to blank if no character given, copies attributes to window's + attributes). + + modified lib_doupdate.c to use lower-level SP's current_attr state + instead of curscr's state, since it is redundant. + + correction to IDcTransformLine logic which controls where InsStr is + invoked (refined by lav@yars.free.net). + > patches 303 by eric + + conditionally include Chris Torek's hash function _nc_hash_map(). + + better fix for nvi refresh-bug (Rick Marshall) + + fix for bug in handling of interrupted keystroke waits, + (Werner Fleck). + +960601 - snapshot + + auto-configure man-page compression-format and renames for Debian. + + corrected several typos in curses.h.in (i.e., the mvXXXX macros). + + re-order curses.priv.h for lint. + + added rules for lintlib, lint + + corrected ifdef for BROKEN_LINKER in MKnames.awk.in + + corrected missing INSTALL_DATA in misc/Makefile.in + + flush output when changing cursor-visibility (Rick Marshall) + + fix a minor bug in the _nc_ripoff() routine and improve error + checking when creating the label window (Juergen Pfeifer). + + enhancement to the control over the new PC-style soft key format. + allow caller now to select whether or not one wants to have + the index-line; see curs_slk.3x for documentation (Juergen Pfeifer). + + typos, don't use inline with -g (Philippe De Muyter) + + fixes for menus & wattr-, slk-functions (Juergen Pfeifer) + +960526 - snapshot + + removed --with-ticdir option altogether, maintain compatibility with + existing applications via symbolic link in run_tic.sh + + patch for termio.h, signal (Philippe De Muyter) + + auto-configure gcc warning options rather than infer from version. + + auto-configure __attribute__ for different gcc versions. + + corrected special use of clearok() in hardscroll.c by resetting flag + in wrefresh(). + + include stdlib.h before defs for EXIT_SUCCESS, for OSF/1. + + include sys/types.h in case stdlib.h does not declare size_t. + + fixes for makefile (Tim Mooney) + + fixes for menus & forms (Juergen.Pfeifer@T-Online.de) + +960518 - snapshot + + revised ncurses.c panner test, let pad abut all 4 sides of screen. + + refined case in lib_doupdate.c for ClrToEOL(). + + corrected prior change for PutRange (Alexander V. Lukyanov: + lav@yars.free.net). + + autoconf mods (Tim Mooney: mooney@dogbert.cc.ndsu.NoDak.edu). + + locale fix for forms (Philippe De Muyter: phdemuyt@ulb.ac.be) + + renamed "--with-datadir" option to "--with-ticdir" to avoid + confusion, and made this check for the /usr/lib/terminfo pre-existing + directory. + > patches 299-301 by eric: + + added hashmap.c + + mods to tracing, especially for ACS chars. + + corrected off-by-one in IDCtransform. + + corrected intermittent mouse bug by using return-value from read(). + + mods to parse_entry.c, for smarter defaults. + +960512 + + use getopt in 'tic'; added -L option and modified -e option to allow + list from a file. + +960511 + + don't use fixed buffer-size in tparm(). + + modified tic to create terminfo directory if it doesn't exist. + + added -T options to tic and infocmp (for testing/analysis) + + refined the length criteria for termcap and terminfo + + optimize lib_doupdate with memcpy, PutRange + > patches 297, 298 by eric + + implement TERMINFO_DIRS, and -o option of tic + + added TRACE_IEVENT + + removed boolean version of 'getm' + + added lib_print.c (for Rick Marshall) + + added has_key() + + added 't' to ncurses.c test. + + moved delay_output() to lib_tputs.c + + removed tparam(). + + misc cursor & optimization fixes. + +960504 - snapshot + + modified ncurses 'p' test to allow full-screen range for panner size. + + fixes for locale (phdm@labauto1.ulb.ac.be) + + don't use fixed buffer-size in fmt_entry(). + + added usage-message to 'infocmp'. + + modified install.includes rules to prepend subdirectory-name to + "#include" if needed. + +960430 + + protect wrefresh, wnoutrefresh from invocation with pad argument. + + corrected default CCFLAGS in test/Makefile. + +960428 - snapshot + + implemented logic to support terminals with background color erase + (e.g., rxvt and the newer color xterm). + + improved screen update logic (off-by-one logic error; use clr_eos if + possible) + +960426 - snapshot + + change ncurses 'a' test to run in raw mode. + + make TIOCGWINSZ configure test less stringent, in case user + configures via terminal that cannot get screen size. + > patches 295, 296 by eric: + + new "-e" option of tic. + + fix for "infocmp -e". + + restore working-directory in read_termcap.c + + split lib_kernel.c, lib_setup.c and names.c in order to reduce + overhead for programs that use only termcap features. + +960418 - snapshot + + use autoconf 2.9 + + fix for AIX 3.2.5 (must define _POSIX_SOURCE to get termios struct + definitions via <termios.h>, modified macros in lib_raw.c to avoid + K&R-style substitution) + > patches 293, 294 by eric: + + mods to wgetch() in cooked mode + + corrected askuser() logic in tset + + correct interaction of endwin() with mouse processing + + added trace support for TTY flags + +960406 + + fixes for NeXT, ISC and HPUX auto-configure + + autogenerate development header-dependencies (config.h, *.priv.h) + + corrected single-column formatting of "use=" (e.g., in tic) + + modify tic to read full terminfo-names + + corrected divide-by-zero that caused hang (or worse) when redirecting + output + + modify tic to generate directories only as-needed (and corrected + instance of use of data from function that had already returned). + +### ncurses-1.9.8a -> 1.9.9e + +* fixed broken wsyncup()/wysncdown(), as a result wnoutrefresh() now has + copy-changed-lines behavior. +* added and documented wresize() function. +* more fixes to LOWER-RIGHT corner handling. +* changed the line-breakout optimization code to allow some lines to be + emitted before the first check. +* added option for tic to use symbolic instead of hard links (for AFS) +* fix to restore auto-wrap mode. +* trace level can be controlled by environment variable. +* better handling of NULs in terminal descriptions. +* improved compatibility with observed SVR4 behavior. +* the refresh behavior of over-lapping windows is now more efficient and + behaves like SVR4. +* use autoconf 2.7, which results in a working setup for SCO 5.0. +* support for ESCDELAY. +* small fixes for menu/form code. +* the test directory has its own configure. +* fixes to pads when optimizing scrolling. +* fixed several off-by-one bugs. +* fixes for termcap->terminfo translation; less restrictions more correct + behavior. + +### ncurses-1.9.7 -> 1.9.8a + +* teach infocmp -i to recognize ECMA highlight sequences +* infocmp now dumps all SVr4 termcaps (not just the SVr4 ones) on -C +* support infocmp -RBSD. +* satisfy XSI Curses requirement that every macro be available as a function. +* This represents the last big change to the public interface of ncurses. The + ABI_VERSION has now been set at 3.0 and should stay there barring any great + catastrophies or acts of God. +* The C++ has been cleaned up in reaction to the changes to satisfy XSI's + requirements. +* libncurses now gets linked to libcurses to help seamless emulation + (replacement) of a vendor's curses. --disable-overwrite turns this behavior + off. + +### ncurses-1.9.6 -> 1.9.7 + +* corrected return values of setupterm() +* Fixed some bugs in tput (it does padding now) +* fixed a bug in tic that made it do the wrong thing on entries with more than + one `use' capability. +* corrected the screen-size calculation at startup time to alter the + numeric capabilities as per SVr4, not just LINES and COLS. +* toe(1) introduced; does what infocmp -T used to. +* tic(1) can now translate AIX box1 and font[0123] capabilities. +* tic uses much less core, the dotic.sh kluge can go away now. +* fix read_entry() and write_entry() to pass through cancelled capabilities OK. +* Add $HOME/.terminfo as source/target directory for terminfo entries. +* termcap compilation now automatically dumps an entry to $HOME/.terminfo. +* added -h option to toe(1). +* added -R option to tic(1) and infocmp(1). +* added fallback-entry-list feature. +* added -i option to infocmp(1). +* do a better job at detecting if we're on SCO. + +### ncurses-1.9.5 -> 1.9.6 + +* handling of TERMCAP environment variables now works correctly. +* various changes to shorten termcap translations to less that 1024 chars. +* tset(1) added +* mouse support for xterm. +* most data tables are now const and accordingly live in shareable text space. +* Obey the XPG4/SVr4 practice that echo() is initally off. +* tic is much better at translating XENIX and AIX termcap entries now. +* tic can interpret ko capabilities now. +* integrated Juergen Pfeifer's forms library. +* taught write_entry() how not to write more than it needs to; this change + reduces the size of the terminfo tree by a full 26%! +* infocmp -T option added. +* better warnings about historical tic quirks from tic. + +### ncurses 1.9.4 -> 1.9.5 + +* menus library is now included with documentation. +* lib_mvcur has been carefully profiled and tuned. +* Fixed a ^Z-handling bug that was tanking lynx(1). +* HJ Lu's patches for ELF shared libraries under Linux +* terminfo.src 9.8.2 +* tweaks for compiling in seperate directories. +* Thomas Dickey's patches to support NeXT's brain-dead linker +* Eric Raymond's patches to fix problems with long termcap entries. +* more support for shared libraries under SunOS and IRIX. + +### ncurses 1.9.3 -> 1.9.4 + +* fixed an undefined-order-of-evaluation bug in lib_acs.c +* systematically gave non-API public functions and data an _nc_ prefix. +* integrated Juergen Pfeifer's menu code into the distribution. +* totally rewrote the knight test game's interface + +### ncurses 1.9.2c -> 1.9.3 + +* fixed the TERMCAP_FILE Support. +* fixed off-by-one errors in scrolling code +* added tracemunch to the test tools +* took steps to cut the running time of make install.data + +### ncurses 1.9.2c -> 1.9.2d + +* revised 'configure' script to produce libraries for normal, debug, + profile and shared object models. + +### ncurses 1.9.1 -> 1.9.2 + +* use 'autoconf' to implement 'configure' script. +* panels support added +* tic now checks for excessively long termcap entries when doing translation +* first cut at eliminating namespace pollution. + +### ncurses 1.8.9 -> 1.9 + +* cleanup gcc warnings for the following: use size_t where 'int' is not + appropriate, fixed some shadowed variables, change attr_t to compatible with + chtype, use attr_t in some places where it was confused with 'int'. +* use chtype/attr_t casts as appropriate to ensure portability of masking + operations. +* added-back waddchnstr() to lib_addstr.c (it had been deleted). +* supplied missing prototypes in curses.h +* include <termcap.h> in lib_termcap.c to ensure that the prototypes + are consistent (they weren't). +* corrected prototype of tputs in <termcap.h> +* rewrote varargs parsing in lib_tparm.c (to avoid referencing memory + that may be out of bounds on the stack) -- Purify found this. +* ensure that TRACE is defined in lib_trace.c (to solve prototype + warnings from gcc). +* corrected scrolling-region size in 'mvcur_wrap()' +* more spelling fixes +* use 'calloc()' to allocate WINDOW struct in lib_newwin.c (Purify). +* set default value for SP->_ofp in lib_set_term.c (otherwise SunOS dumps + core in init_acs()). +* include <errno.h> in write_entry.c (most "braindead" includes declare errno + in that file). + +### ncurses 1.8.8 -> 1.8.9 + +* compile (mostly) clean with gcc 2.5.8 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes + -Wmissing-prototypes -Wconversion and using __attribute__ to flush out + non-portable use of "%x" for pointers, or for chtype data (which is declared + as a long). +* modified doupdate to ensure that typahead was turned on before attempting + select-call (otherwise, some implementations hang). +* added trace mask TRACE_FIFO, use this in lib_getch.c to allow finer + resolution of traces. +* improved bounds checking on several critical functions. +* the data directory has been replaced by the new master terminfo file. +* -F file-comparison option added to infocmp. +* compatibility with XSI Curses is now documented in the man bages. +* wsyncup/wsyncdown functions are reliable now; subwindow code in general + is much less flaky. +* capabilities ~msgr, tilde_glitch, insert_padding, generic_type, no_pad_char, + memory_above, memory_below, and hard_copy are now used properly. +* cursor-movement optimization has been completely rewritten. +* vertical-movement optimization now uses hardware scrolling, il, dl. + +### ncurses 1.8.7 -> 1.8.8 +* untic no longer exists, infocmp replaces it. +* tic can understand termcap now, especially if it is called captoinfo. +* The Linux Standard Console terminfo entry is called linux insead of console. + It also uses the kernel's new method of changing charsets. +* initscr() will EXIT upon error (as the docs say) This wil mostly happen if + you try to run on an undefined terminal. +* I can get things running on AIX but tic can't compile terminfo. I have to + compile entries on another machine. Volunteers to hunt this bug are welcome. +* wbkgd() and wbkgdset() can be used to set a windows background to color. + wclear()/werase() DO NOT use the current attribute to clear the screen. + This is the way SVR4 curses works. PDCurses 2.1 is broken in this respect, + though PDCurses 2.2 has been fixed. +* cleaned up the test/ directory. +* test/worm will segfault after quite a while. +* many spelling corrections courtesy of Thomas E. Dickey + +### ncurses 1.8.6 -> 1.8.7 +* cleaned up programs in test/ directory. +* fixed wbkgdset() macro. +* modified getstr() to stop it from advancing cursor in noecho mode. +* modified linux terminfo entry to work with the latest kernel to get + the correct alternate character set. +* also added a linux-mono entry for those running on monochrome screens. +* changed initscr() so that it behaves like the man page says it does. + this fixes the problem with programs in test/ crashing with SIGSEV if + a terminal is undefined. +* modified addch() to avoid using any term.h #define's +* removed duplicate tgoto() in lib_tparm.c +* modified dump_entry.c so that infocmp deals correctly with ',' in acsc +* modified delwin() to correctly handle deleting subwindows. +* fixed Makefile.dist to stop installing an empty curses.h +* fixed a couple of out-of-date notes in man pages. + +### ncurses 1.8.5 -> 1.8.6 +* Implemented wbkgd(), bkgd(), bkgdset(), and wbkgdset(). +* The handling of attributes has been improved and now does not turn off color + if other attributes are turned off. +* scrolling code is improved. Scrolling in subwindows is still broken. +* Fixes to several bugs that manifest them on platforms other than Linux. +* The default to meta now depends on the status of the terminal when ncurses + is started. +* The interface to the tracing facility has changed. Instead of the pair of + functions traceon() and traceoff(), there is just one function trace() which + takes a trace mask argument. The trace masks, defined in curses.h, are + as follows: + + #define TRACE_DISABLE 0x00 /* turn off tracing */ + #define TRACE_ORDINARY 0x01 /* ordinary trace mode */ + #define TRACE_CHARPUT 0x02 /* also trace all character outputs */ + #define TRACE_MAXIMUM 0x0f /* maximum trace level */ + + More trace masks may be added, or these may be changed, in future releases. +* The pad code has been improved and the pad test code in test/ncurses.c has + been improved. +* The prototype ansi entry has been changed to work with a wider variety + of emulators. +* Fix to the prototype ansi entry that enables it to work with PC emulators + that treat trailing ";m" in a highlight sequence as ";0m"; this doesn't + break operation with any emulators. +* There are now working infocmp, captoinfo, tput, and tclear utilities. +* tic can now compile entries in termcap syntax. +* Core-dump bug in pnoutrefresh fixed. +* We now recognize and compile all the nonstandard capabilities in Ross + Ridge's mytinfo package (rendering it obsolete). +* General cleanup and documentation improvements. +* Fixes and additions to the installation-documentation files. +* Take cursor to normal mode on endwin. + +### ncurses 1.8.4 -> 1.8.5 +* serious bugs in updating screen which caused erratic non-display, + fixed. +* fixed initialization for getch() related variable which cause + unpredictable results. +* fixed another doupdate bug which only appeared if you have + parm_char. +* implemented redrawln() and redrawwin(). +* implemented winsnstr() and related functions. +* cleaned up insertln() and deleteln() and implemented (w)insdeln(). +* changed Makefile.dist so that installation of man pages will + take note of the terminfo directory. +* fixed Configure (removed the mysterious 'X'). +* Eric S. Raymond fixed the script.* files so that they work with + stock awk. + +#### ncurses 1.8.3 -> 1.8.4 #### #### +* fixed bug in refreshing the screen after return from shell_mode. + There are still problems but they don't manifest themselves on + my machine (Linux 0.99.14f). +* added wgetnstr() and modified things accordingly. +* fixed the script.src script.test to work with awk not just gawk. +* Configure can now take an argument of the target system. +* added test/ncurses.c which replaces several other programs and + performs more testing. +[Thanks to Eric S Raymond for the last 4] +* more fixes to lib_overlay.c and added test/over.c to illustrate + how it works. +* fixed ungetch() to take int instead of ch. +* fixes to cure wgetch() if flushinp() is called. + +One note I forgot to mention in 1.8.3 is that tracing is off by +default starting in the version. If you want tracing output, put +traceon(); in your code and link with -ldcurses. + +#### ncurses 1.8.2 -> ncurses 1.8.3 #### #### +MAJOR CHANGES: +1) The order of capabilities has been changed in order to achieve +binary compatibility with SVR4 terminfo database. This has the +unfortunate effect of breaking application currently linked with +ncurses. To ensure correct behavior, recompile all such programs. +Most programs using color or newer capabilities will break, others +will probably continue to work ok. + +2) Pavel Curtis has renounced his copyright to the public domain. +This means that his original sources (posted to comp.sources.unix, +volume 1) are now in the public domain. The current sources are +NOT in the public domain, they are copyrighted by me. I'm +entertaining ideas on what the new terms ncurses is released under. + +3) Eric S. Raymond has supplied a complete set of man pages for +ncurses in ?roff format. They will eventually replace most of the +current docs. Both sets are included in this release. + +Other changes and notes from 1.8.2 include: +* SIGSEGV during scrolling no longer occurs. +* Other problems with scrolling and use of idl have been corrected. +* lib_getch.c has been re-written and should perform flawlessly. + please use test/getch.c and any other programs to test this. +* ripoffline() is implemented (Thanks to Eric) and slk_ functions + changed accordingly. +* I've added support for terminals that scroll if you write in the + bottom-right corner. +* fixed more bugs in pads code. If anybody has a program that uses + pads I'd love a copy. +* correct handling for terminal with back_color_erase capability + (such as Linux console, and most PC terminals) +* ^Z handling apparently didn't work (I should never trust code + sent me to me without extensive testing). It now seems to be + fixed. Let me know if you have problems. +* I've added support for Apollo and NeXT, but it may still be + incomplete, especially when dealing with the lack of POSIX + features. +* scrolling should be more efficient on terminals with idl + capabilities. Please see src/lib_scroll.c for more notes. +* The line drawing routines were offset by 1 at both ends. This + is now fixed. +* added a few missing prototypes and macros (e.g. setterm()) +* fixed code in src/lib_overlay.c which used to crash. +* added a few more programs in test/ The ones from the PDCurses + package are useful, especially if you have SVR4 proper. I'm + interested in the results you get on such a systems (Eric? ;-). + They already exposed certain bugs in ncurses. +* See src/README for porting notes. +* The C++ code should really replace ncurses.h instead of working + around it. It should avoid name-space clashes with nterm.h (use + rows instead of lines, etc.) +* The C++ should compile ok. I've added explicit rules to the + Makefile because no C++ defaults are documented on the suns. +* The docs say that echo() and nocbreak() are mutually exclusive. + At the moment ncurses will switch to cbreak() if the case above + occurs. Should it continue to do so? How about echo() and noraw()? +* PDCurses seem to assume that wclear() will use current attribute + when clearing the screen. According to Eric this is not the case + with SVR4. +* I have discovered, to my chagrin, SunOS 4.x (and probably other systems) + * doesn't have vsscanf and God knows what else! I've will do a vsscanf(). +* I've also found out that the src/script.* rely on gawk and will not + work with stock awk or even with nawk. Any changes are welcome. +* Linux is more tolerant of NULL dereferences than most systems. This + fact was exposed by hanoi. +* ncurses still seems inefficient in drawing the screen on a serial + link between Linux and suns. The padding may be the culprit. +* There seems to be one lingering problem with doupdate() after shelling + out. Despite the fact the it is sending out the correct information + to the terminal, nothing takes effect until you press ^L or another + refresh takes place. And yes, output does get flushed. + +#### ncurses 1.8.1 -> ncurses 1.8.2 #### Nov 28, 1993 #### + +* added support for SVR4 and BSDI's BSD/386. +* major update and fix to scrolling routine. +* MORE fixes to stuff in lib_getch.c. +* cleaned-up configuration options and can now generate + Config.* files through an awk script. +* changed setupterm() so it can be called more than once, + add added set_curterm(), del_curterm(). +* a few minor cleanups. +* added more prototypes in curses.h + +#### ncurses 1.8 -> ncurses 1.8.1 #### Nov 4, 1993 #### + +* added support for NeXTStep 3.0 +* added termcap emulation (not well tested). +* more complete C++ interface to ncurses. +* fixed overlay(), overwrite(), and added copywin(). +* a couple of bug fixes. +* a few code cleanups. + +#### ncurses 0.7.2/0.7.3 -> ncurses 1.8 #### Aug 31, 1993 #### + +* The annoying message "can't open file." was due to missing + terminfo entry for the used terminal. It has now been + replaced by a hopefully more helpful message. +* Problems with running on serial lines are now fixed. +* Added configuration files for SunOS, Linux, HP/UX, Ultrix, + 386bsd/BSDI (if you have others send'em to me) +* Cleaner Makefile. +* The documentation in manual.doc is now more uptodate. +* update optimization and support for hp terminals, and 386bsd + console driver(s). +* mvcur optimization for terminals without cursor addressing + (doesn't work on Linux) +* if cursor moved since last update, getch() will refresh the + screen before working. +* getch() & alarm() can now live together. in 0.7.3 a signal + interrupted getch() (bug or feature?) now the getch is + restarted. +* scanw() et all were sick, now fixed. +* support for 8-bit input (use meta()). +* added default screen size to all terminfos. +* added c++ Ncursesw class. +* several minor bug fixes. + +#### ncurses 0.7.2 -> ncurses 0.7.3 #### May 27, 1993 #### + +* Config file to cope with different platforms (386BSD, BSDI, Ultrix, SunOS) +* more fixes to lib_getch.c +* changes related to Config + +#### ncurses 0.7 -> ncurses 0.7.2 #### May 22, 1993 #### + +* docs updated slightly (color usage is now documented). +* yet another fix for getch(), this one fixes problems with ESC being swallowed + if another character is typed before the 1 second timeout. +* Hopefully, addstr() and addch() are 8-bit clean. +* fixed lib_tparm.c to use stdarg.h (should run on suns now) +* order of capabilities changed to reflect that specified in SYSV + this will allow for binary-compatibility with existing terminfo dbs. +* added halfdelay() +* fixed problems with asc_init() +* added A_PROTECT and A_INVIS +* cleaned up vidputs() +* general cleanup of the code +* more attention to portability to other systems +* added terminfos for hp70092 (wont work until changes to lib_update.c are + made) and 386BSD pcvt drivers. + +Thanks to Hellmuth Michaelis for his help. +optimization code is slated for the next major release, stay tuned! + +#### ncurses 0.6/0.61 -> ncurses 0.7 #### April 1, 1993 +Please note that the next release will be called 1.8. If you want to know about +the rationale drop me a line. + +Included are several test programs in test/. +I've split up the panels library, reversi, tetris, sokoban. They are now +available separately from netcom.com:pub/zmbenhal/ + +* color and ACS support is now fully compatible with SYSV at the terminfo + level. +* Capabilities now includes as many SYSV caps I could find. +* tigetflag,tigetnum,tigetstr functions added. +* boolnames, boolfnames, boolcodes numnames, numfnames, numcodes, + strnames, strfnames, strcodes arrays are now added. +* keyname() is added. +* All function keys can be defined in terminfo entries. +* fixed lin_tparm.c to behave properly. +* terminfo entries for vt* and xterm are included (improvements are welcome) +* more automation in handling caps and keys. +* included fixes from 0.6.1 +* added a few more missing functions. +* fixed a couple of minor bugs. +* updated docs JUST a little (still miles behind in documenting the newer + features). + +#### ncurses 0.6 -> ncurses 0.61 #### + +1) Included the missing data/console. + +2) allow attributes when drawing boxes. + +3) corrected usage of win->_delay value. + +4) fixed a bug in lib_getch.c. if it didn't recognize a sequence it would + simply return the last character in the sequence. The correct + behavior is to return the entire sequence one character at a time. + +#### ncurses0.5 -> ncurses0.6 #### March 1, 1993 #### +* removed _numchngd from struct _win_st and made appropriate changes. +* rewritten kgetch() to remove problems with interaction between alarm and + read(). It caused SIGSEGV every now and then. +* fixed a bug that miscounted the numbers of columns when updating. + (in lib_doupdate.c(ClrUpdate() -- iterate to columns not columns-1) +* fixed a bug that cause the lower-right corner to be incorrect. + (in lib_doupdate.c(putChar() -- check against columns not columns-1) +* made resize() and cleanup() static to lib_newterm.c +* added notimeout(). +* added timeout() define in curses.h +* added more function prototypes and fixed napms. +* added use_env(). +* moved screen size detection to lib_setup.c. +* fixed newterm() to confirm to prototype. +* removed SIGWINCH support as SYSV does not define its semantics. +* cleaned-up lib_touch.c +* added waddnstr() and relatives. +* added slk_* support. +* fixed a bug in wdeleteln(). +* added PANEL library. +* modified Makefile for smoother installation. +* terminfo.h is really term.h + +#### ncurses 0.4 -> ncurses 0.5 #### Feb 14, 1993 #### +* changed _win_st structure to allow support for missing functionality. +* Addition of terminfo support for all KEY_*. +* Support for nodelay(), timeout(), notimeout(). +* fixed a bug with the keypad char reading that did not return ESC until + another key is pressed. +* nl mapping no longer occur on output (as should be) + fixed bug '\n' no causing a LF. +* fixed bug that reset terminal colors regardless of whether we use color + or not. +* Better support for ACS (not quite complete). +* fixed bug in wvline(). +* added curs_set(). +* changed from signal() to sigaction(). +* re-included the contents of important.patch into source. + +#### ncurses 0.3 -> ncurses 0.4 #### Feb 3, 1993 #### +* Addition of more KEY_* definitions. +* Addition of function prototypes. +* Addition of several missing functions. +* No more crashes if screen size is undefined (use SIGWINCH handler). +* added a handler to cleanup after SIGSEGV (hopefully never needed). +* changed SRCDIR from /etc/term to /usr/lib/terminfo. +* renamed compile/dump to tic/untic. +* New scrolling code. +* fixed bug that reversed the sense of nl() and nonl(). + +#### ncurses 0.2 -> ncurses 0.3 #### Jan 20, 1993 #### +* more support for color and graphics see test/ for examples. +* fixed various files to allow correct update after shelling out. +* more fixes for updates. +* no more core dumps if you don't have a terminfo entry. +* support for LINES and COLUMNS environment variables. +* support for SIGWINCH signal. +* added a handler for SIGINT for clean exits. + +#### ncurses 0.1 -> ncurses 0.2 #### Aug 14, 1992 #### +* support for color. +* support for PC graphic characters. +* lib_trace.c updated to use stdarg.h and vprintf routines. +* added gdc.c (Great Digital Clock) as an example of using color. + +#### ncurses -> ncurses 0.1 #### Jul 31, 1992 #### +* replacing sgtty stuff by termios stuff. +* ANSIfication of some functions. +* Disabling cost analysis 'cause it's incorrect. +* A quick hack for a terminfo entry. |